Hello Year 2!
In light of the current situation, the Year 2 teachers will be posting activities that are completed in school on the blog. This is for the benefit of the children and adults who are shielding/self-isolating/learning from home.
Please email all completed work to year2@heaversfarm.croydon.sch.uk.
Session 1
Our first session focused on addition using Dienes. Dienes are objects we use in school to make numbers (see picture below). The small cubes represent ones and the long sticks represent tens.
We asked the children to create a variety of one digit and two digit numbers using Dienes. At home, you could use any objects you have available such as pegs, jigsaw pieces, Lego, beads or anything else you can find! Equally, you could draw the Dienes as shown in the example above.
Once the children had created a one digit and two digit number, we asked them to add the numbers together (see below).
Session 2
Next, we looked at subtraction. We were given number sentences using one digit numbers with two digit numbers (for example, 45 – 6 = or 56 – 3 =). As a class, we tried to work out the answers mentally.
If you’re finding that tricky, try subtracting 1 from any given number! You could also try counting backwards from a number between 10 and 99.
Session 3
Finally, we looked at multiplication and answered some word problems. Look at my example below and see if you can work out the rest.
- 1 chocolate bar costs 12p. Jodie wanted to buy 2 chocolate bars. How much money would she need?
- A second hand Xbox game costs £2. Malik wants to buy 4 games. How much money will he need?
- Karla gets £5 every time she washes her dad’s car. How much money will she have if she washes her dad’s car 6 times?
Let us know how you get on with the work you complete 🙂
