Guest Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hi all, wondered if anyone could offer ideas for a very practical, fun numeracy lesson for a group of 20 reception kids? i am being observed and want to make it wow! Any strand of maths will be fine! thanks with much begging, anje! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hi all, wondered if anyone could offer ideas for a very practical, fun numeracy lesson for a group of 20 reception kids? i am being observed and want to make it wow! Any strand of maths will be fine! thanks with much begging, anje! Hi there, I did weight for my observation and it went great. I had clear plastic jars filled with different things e.g corks, pasta, cotton wool which I passed around for the children to feel the weight and discuss with their partner which they felt was the heaviest and lightest. We went on to choose 2 to weight using balances to eliminate the heaviest and then weighed the last 2. The children ordered them from heaviest to lightest. I had signs with the words on too. Worked quite qell and the children enjoyed the hands on bit. Hope this is of some use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat1279 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 What's else are you doing at the moment? The best maths is always real so linking it to the topic is always great. It also shows you're making it cross curricular which my SMT are always looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi there, I did weight for my observation and it went great. I had clear plastic jars filled with different things e.g corks, pasta, cotton wool which I passed around for the children to feel the weight and discuss with their partner which they felt was the heaviest and lightest. We went on to choose 2 to weight using balances to eliminate the heaviest and then weighed the last 2. The children ordered them from heaviest to lightest. I had signs with the words on too. Worked quite qell and the children enjoyed the hands on bit. Hope this is of some use? Thanks, that will be a good practical lesson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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