Oct 2 2013
Welcome to our New Facebook Group
We’d like to invite anyone who has bought one of our Beat Dyscalculia packs or has received training from us to take a look at our new Facebook page and join our new Facebook group.
You’ll be able to keep up to date with our latest news via our page, and we’d like the group to be a community where people can share best practice, success stories, new ideas and ask questions. But to get the ball rolling, we need friends, likes and members – and of course, feel free to comment or talk to us about anything that’s on your mind.
Oct 24 2013
Problems with filling in the missing number questions
I have been thinking again about problems with the empty box calculations and came to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to practise with the children using the reading pack sentence cards and a blank card to replace the empty box, before giving them the written work. This would get them prepared.
So when making sentences you would do lots of:
2+3=5; 3+2=5; 5=3+2; 5=2+3
Now place the blank card on top of one of the numbers and say, “What am I hiding?”
“What is the “something” under here?”
2+?(blank card;) =5; ?+3=5; 5=3+?; 5= ?+2; ? =2+3 ?=3+2
Follow with
5-3=2 5-2=3 3=5-2 2=5-3
5- ? =2 5-?=3 3=?-2 2=?-3
Then progress to the written exercises in the book
Just thought of that!! It’s hot off the press!!
So I hope it helps.
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