NUMERACY - number, measurement & geometry, statistics & probability.
Mathematics is very sequential and it is important that every child has all of the stages mastered before they are able to move to the next stage. Each concept is dependent upon the concept before. You can help at home by ensuring that the very basic understandings are firmly established, revised and consolidated. This give us the opportunity to build upon complex concepts in the classroom. It is tempting to present them with pages of algorithms in the belief that this will help them to improve in their math skills. If your child is not confident with the automatic response understandings, they will not be able to progress effectively.
Times Tables - it is essential that your child has automatic recall of the times tables. This is most effectively done at home by rote learning. Recite them, sing them, chant them, watch YouTube clips ... whatever it takes. The development of concrete understanding is handled during practical, hands-on lessons at school. This automatic memory skill will give them access to more complex concepts as the flow and connection of complex concepts will not be hampered by a need to stop and calculate simple multiplication problems.
Number Facts - your child also needs to have an automatic understanding (rapid and without pause) of the parts that make up a whole. eg, 10 = 2+8, or 3+7, or 1+9, or 4+6, or 5+5 ... 7 = 3+4, or 6+1, or 2+5
2D Shapes & 3D Objects - Your child needs to be able to name them, visually identify them, be able to calculate the number of faces, edges, vertices and identify the base and any apex. It is also helpful if they can look at an object (eg. a tower) and recognise when it is made up of a composite of regular 3D objects (eg. a rectangular prism and a square based pyramid). There are many web based interactive games to help with this.
Time - Help your child to learn and remember time concepts and measurements of (minutes, seconds, hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years, decades, centuries, millennium)
Units of Measure - millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, sq centimetres, sq metres, hectares, milligrams, grams, kilograms, millilitres, litres.
Mathematics is very sequential and it is important that every child has all of the stages mastered before they are able to move to the next stage. Each concept is dependent upon the concept before. You can help at home by ensuring that the very basic understandings are firmly established, revised and consolidated. This give us the opportunity to build upon complex concepts in the classroom. It is tempting to present them with pages of algorithms in the belief that this will help them to improve in their math skills. If your child is not confident with the automatic response understandings, they will not be able to progress effectively.
Times Tables - it is essential that your child has automatic recall of the times tables. This is most effectively done at home by rote learning. Recite them, sing them, chant them, watch YouTube clips ... whatever it takes. The development of concrete understanding is handled during practical, hands-on lessons at school. This automatic memory skill will give them access to more complex concepts as the flow and connection of complex concepts will not be hampered by a need to stop and calculate simple multiplication problems.
Number Facts - your child also needs to have an automatic understanding (rapid and without pause) of the parts that make up a whole. eg, 10 = 2+8, or 3+7, or 1+9, or 4+6, or 5+5 ... 7 = 3+4, or 6+1, or 2+5
2D Shapes & 3D Objects - Your child needs to be able to name them, visually identify them, be able to calculate the number of faces, edges, vertices and identify the base and any apex. It is also helpful if they can look at an object (eg. a tower) and recognise when it is made up of a composite of regular 3D objects (eg. a rectangular prism and a square based pyramid). There are many web based interactive games to help with this.
Time - Help your child to learn and remember time concepts and measurements of (minutes, seconds, hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years, decades, centuries, millennium)
Units of Measure - millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, sq centimetres, sq metres, hectares, milligrams, grams, kilograms, millilitres, litres.