to visualise and reason about what is meant by 7 x 6 and how we can use this as a starting point to extend our mathematical thinking into decimals, negatives and large numbers.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Reasoning and visualising in Maths - Mental Multiplication
As part of our warm up in Maths today we used concrete resources (and pictures)
to visualise and reason about what is meant by 7 x 6 and how we can use this as a starting point to extend our mathematical thinking into decimals, negatives and large numbers.
Just look at the range of representations we made to completely cover our tabletops (and who doesn't like writing on classroom tables👦👧?)!
to visualise and reason about what is meant by 7 x 6 and how we can use this as a starting point to extend our mathematical thinking into decimals, negatives and large numbers.
Monday 15 January 2018
Reasoning across the Curriculum
In year 6 we are starting the new year by having a real push on developing our reasoning skills across the curriculum. This involves clarifying our thoughts with each other and talking through our reasoning - about a character, about an equation, about a scientific concept - before putting our thoughts on paper in clear, well considered sentences.
Over the past week we have sought to explain mistakes and justify the odd one out in Maths; reason about which words best represent a character in English; and make well-reasoned predictions about a snowman's coat in Science.
As you'll see in the examples below, Welford's year 6 students have risen to the challenge with aplomb!
2018 is off to a stunning start!
Over the past week we have sought to explain mistakes and justify the odd one out in Maths; reason about which words best represent a character in English; and make well-reasoned predictions about a snowman's coat in Science.
As you'll see in the examples below, Welford's year 6 students have risen to the challenge with aplomb!
2018 is off to a stunning start!
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