Seminar for K2 Parents

Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.comSt Edwards School, Florida CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel, Singapore Coaching Children in Primary 1 Mathematics Seminar for Parents Yeap Ban Har Marshall Cavendish Institute, Singapore

Slides are available at www.banhar.blogspot.comSt Edwards School, Florida CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel, Singapore Coaching Children in Primary 1-2 Mathematics (12-hour course) 28 January, 18 February, 10 March & 14 April 2012 (Saturdays) Please go to Marshall Cavendish Institute Facebook or contact ruthyaap@sg.marshallcavendish.com for details.

Professional Development of primary school teachers by Marshall Cavendish Institute.

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING

The rationale of teaching mathematics is that it is “an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a person’s intellectual competence”.

Changing Education Landscape

2011Values DrivenStudent CentricEducation System 1999 Thinking Schools Learning Nation Ministry of Education’s Vision

Photo: Catholic High School (Primary)Photo: St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School

Photo: Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Key ideas in Primary 1

Number Bonds

Number BondsNumber Bonds isemphasized prior to the learning ofaddition.Children are given, say, 5 unifixcubes and guided to see that 1 and4 make 5, for example. Others maysay that 3 and 2 make 5 or 4 and 1make 5. Yet others may say that 5and 0 make 5. Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics

Photo: PCF Telok Blangah Kindergarten

One duck is big. Six ducklings are small.Photo: PCF Telok Blangah Kindergarten

Photo: PCF Telok Blangah Kindergarten

My Pals Are Here! Mathematics 1 Number Bonds continues to receive attention in Primary 1.

Addition Facts

AdditionFacts FactsAddition are givenemphasis in the first six months ofgrade one.The children learn it in stages as thetextbooks distinguished betweenNumbers to 10 and Numbers to 20.Count On and Count All are used inNumbers to 10. Kindergarten Textbook

Addition Facts & Number SenseWhile Count On and CountAll are used in Numbers to10, Make Ten is givenemphasis in Numbers to20. Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Problem Solving

Khon Kaen, Thailand

43 1 2 5

Princess Elizabeth Primary School

ConnectionsLooking for Patterns is Princess Elizabeth Primary Schoolintroduced through exploration withShapes. Subsequently, this is doneusing numbers – in a more abstractcontext. Make Connections to Generalize

Princess Elizabeth Primary SchoolConnections

CommunicationArticulating one’s thoughts orally, atfirst, and in written forms usingwords, pictures, diagrams and symbols is important. Maris Stella High (Primary) School

VisualizationVisualization is, among otherthings, the ability to manipulatevisual images without the benefit ofconcrete objects.Children in Japanese classroomsengaged in visualization usingpattern blocks.

VisualizationIn the learning of Numbers to10, children use square tiles to formpatterns of 3 and patterns of 4, forinstance.Illustrations in textbooks were alsocarefully varied to develop thiscompetency. Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics

CPA Approach

National Institute of Education

Photo: St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School

Photo:: Wellington Primary School

 2 x 9 = 18 5 x 9 = 45

199 – 39 = 160 200 – 39 = ?

17 + 19                          

17 + 19        16 + 20                   

My Pals Are Here Mathematics 1 CPAApproach Photo: Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Photo: Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Photo: National Institute of Education

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