Maths

If you go to this website there are games and activities to help you get really good at maths [|nzmaths website]

Introducing the Great Room 3 Basic Facts Challenge!
==Being able to instantly recall addition and subtraction facts as well as multiplication and division facts is a big help in maths. Over the next few weeks I will be running a 'basic facts challenge' with room 3. I will start with an addition grid and test the children on each column, starting with + 0, then +1 then + 2 etc. We will be starting easy but soon build to multiplication and division (I like to teach these together so children get the idea that they are reversible). Children's names will be added to our chart as they show they mastered each part.==

Some extra learning of basic facts at home would also be helpful. There's loads of games on the internet and puzzles that can help.
Here is a fun maths game you can play with a pack of cards. Two people take a card from the deck without looking at it and put it on their forehead so the other person can see it. A third person tells them what the numbers added together make and each person has to figure out what the card on their forehead says. Sometimes children struggle with number problems like this 6 + ? = 10 - they tend to add 6 and 10 together and need to get used to be able to figure out the missing number. You can sometimes make up short number stories with problems like this, eg. I had ten dollars and I lost some and now I've got 3, how much money did I lose?

Car Cricket Here's a maths game for trips in the car - each person has a turn counting the cars coming towards them, a red car means they are out and it's the next persons turn. You can make trucks worth 2 points and buses worth 5.

Follow the leader, here's a maths game my children like to play at the dinner table. It's called maths follow the leader and involves solving problems mentally. eg. Start with 5, double it, add 6, subtract 2 - what is my number?

The more practice they get the longer and more complicated you can make them,