Thursday, December 1, 2011

Maths: sorting diagrams and negative numbers

We made a good job of our sorting diagrams, which we finished for homework. We thought carefully about each of the people and put them in the right box. Thinking carefully is much better than rushing to be the first to finish.

The second sorting diagram was done equally well. Again, we had to look carefully at each person, and think about both the questions: hat or no hat? Male or not male?

At the end of our lesson we moved on to negative numbers. We pretended to be infants, learning to add and take away by counting on and counting back on a number line. Next week we will practise this more. It is fun, and we can learn a lot about negative numbers. If you can count on and count back, negative numbers are easy.

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