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Maths

Practise the number bonds of 11 and their subtraction facts.

10+1   9+2   8+3   7+4   6+5   5+6   4+7    3+8    2+9    1+10

11 -1   11-2   11-3   11-4   11-5   11-6   11-7   11-8   11-9   11-10

This half term each week’s mental maths home learning will be all about quick recall of number bonds (adding 2 single digits) from 11 – 20 (and their related subtraction facts). Each week we will tell you what number bond to practise.

Quick recall of these number bonds helps children develop fluency in their maths. The aim is for your child to instantly give the answer when faced with an addition like 8 + 4. We want your child to be able to answer 12 instantly, rather than have to ‘work it out’ eg 9  10  11  12. Likewise when they are faced with 12 – 4, the aim is to instantly answer 8

And not have to ‘work it out’  11  10  9   8.

A great way to help your child with sharpening up their number bond recall is to play games. For example this week the focus is on number bonds of 11. Make some cards, each with a digit on: …..  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10. Lay the cards face down on the table then turn 2 cards over. If they are a number bond of 11, keep the cards. If not, turn them both face down again. Don’t forget to practise the subtraction facts too.  Let me know if you have another game that helps you.

Reading

Please make sure you do some reading over the weekend and log it in your Reading Record.

If you have a Lexia login please try to do some – login here

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Have a super weekend. Stay safe and warm and we’ll see you next week for more exciting things.

Mrs Wood and Mr Price