working on are doubles today in magic maths and we found this very helpful using labybirds.
magic maths
Category : Maths
Telling the time to one minute
In maths, we consolidated telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes before we moved on to telling the time to the minute. We used the clocks to show the time. We started with showing the minutes past the hour and then moved on to minutes to the hour. We found minutes to tricker, but we persevered and managed to do this by the end of the lesson!
Consolidating 24 Hour Time
Crew Hamill had a more practical lesson today to help consolidate their understanding of 24 hour clocks. We were ensuring we had a clear understanding of how to convert 12 hour time into 24 hour time by taking part in a carousel of activities.
- Matching written times to the correct digital representation.
- Completing a table of conversions.
- Completing a lesson on MyMaths
Magic Maths
Today we have been checking that we remember our 5 timetables so we did some practising on the board.
Maths in Crew Frost
The children in Crew Frost have been working extremely hard to unpick the number 7. They used cubes to find the different number bonds to create 7 and then used this method to complete their own part, part whole model.
Writing Money as Decimals
Crew Hamill kick-started their money unit by exploring different amounts of money and ensuring we knew how to write them correctly with a pound sign and decimal point. We took part in a carousel of activities:
- Table 1 – Select a card, write the amount on the card in decimals.
- Table 2 – Money problems – choose a question, solve, repeat.
- Table 3 – Physical money – dip your hand into the box to pull out 3 amounts (coins or notes). Write your total in decimals.
Fact Families
In magic maths, we have been focusing on fact families so we worked as a small group matching the multiplications and divisions.
Pancake day came early to Crew MI
As it was Mrs Ibbotson’s last day in Crew MI today, we had a pancake party! We linked this to our work around measures and fractions in maths. We throughly enjoyed the eating part.
Exploring Equivalent Fractions
We loved our fraction lesson today where we found equivalent fractions using a fraction wall. We then started to investigate what patterns we could find.
Working on reading pace
LT: To read with increasing speed
Y5 had a challenge to read and understand a short text in under 60 seconds, then they had 4 questions to read and record their answer within 3 minutes. We had great discussions around unknown vocabulary and how to unpick what the unfamiliar words might mean.
