Making ten and other tidy numbers

Group 2 have been learning about tidy numbers and rounding numbers to the nearest ten to make it easier to add and subtract.  We can make the numbers with materials, break numbers into parts to make tidy numbers and then add or subtract to find the answer.


This is the strategy that we have been learning. 

Learning our Doubles.

All of the groups have been learning their doubles and have been playing Doubles Bingo.  We are getting really fast at just 'knowing' our doubles now.  

Group 1 playing Doubles Bingo

Groups 2 and 3 have also been learning the doubles plus and minus 1 strategy to work out unknown facts.  This is the chart we made to explain the strategy and to remind us when we try and teach it to others in the class. 

Basic Facts Mat

We have been looking at different ways to learn our basic facts.  Today Group 2 used the Basic Facts Mats to show our fact in lots of different ways.

We are learning to:

'Make it' with different materials

'Draw it' with our own pictures or diagrams

'Say it' to help remember it

'Write it" in numbers and words

Here are some of our first attempts!