Today Monster Maths was amazing! We finished working on the tidy tens strategy. This is where we split the number we are adding or subtracting to jump to a tidy ten like this......... 47 + 6 = 47 + 3 = 50, 50 + 3 = 53. First we jump to 50 because it is a tidy tens number, this means we have used 3 of the 6 we were adding. Next we use the remaining 3 to jump to 53. We have been working on this for a few days now because some of us found it pretty tricky but we find it easier to show our thinking by using a number line. Lily and Sammi were experts at this strategy.
Today we also started to talk about the Place Value strategy. This is where we add the tens and ones separately like this........ 52 + 24 = 50 + 20 = 70, 2 + 4 = 6, 70 + 6 = 76.
We all loved this strategy and we picked up on it so quickly! Harley, Sapphire and Cassie were racing to finish first. We are lucky to have Liam's clever thinking, he seems to be able to work out the new strategies before Miss Moody has even taught them!
I wonder if anyone can beat Harley's basic facts tomorrow?
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