Curriculum Evening

1. Cur r i cul um
Eveni ng
Pr i mar y 1
Ment al Mat hs

2. Ment al Mat hs i n P1
• Mi d Cal der f ol l ows t he SEAL appr oach
t o ment al mat hs t hr oughout t he
school .
• Teachi ng f ocusses on di f f er ent
aspect s of number :
• Number wor d sequences wi t hi n 20
and beyond;
• Numer al s t o 20 and beyond;
• Number st r uct ur e wi t hi n 20;
• Count i ng ( addi t i on and
subt r act i on) st r at egi es wi t hi n
20 and beyond; and
• Expr essi ons and equat i ons.

3. Number Word Sequences
• Count i ng f or war ds and
backwar ds wi t hi n 20 and
beyond.
• Number bef or e/ af t er and one
mor e t han/ one l ess t han.

4. Numeral s
• Recogni t i on and
i dent i f i cat i on of numer al s
wi t hi n 20 and beyond.
• Or der i ng and sequenci ng.
• Mi ssi ng numer al .

5. Number St ruct ure
• Devel ops number sense and
concept ual under st andi ng of
number .
• E. g. t he t hr eeness of 3:
Boom! Boom! Boom!

6. Number St ruct ure
• Wi t hi n 5, 10 and 20;
• Regul ar and i r r egul ar
pat t er ns;
• Par t i t i oni ng number ;
• Secur e number st r uct ur e
suppor t s addi t i on and
subt r act i on.

7. Count i ng St rat egi es
• Addi t i on and subt r act i on:
• Count i ng one per cei ved col l ect i on;
• Count i ng t wo per cei ved col l ect i ons;
• Count i ng t wo col l ect i ons wher e one
i s scr eened; and
• Count i ng t wo col l ect i ons wher e bot h
ar e scr eened.
• Gr oupi ng and shar i ng ( ear l y
mul t i pl i cat i on and di vi si on) .

8. Expressi ons and Equat i ons
• Descr i bi ng t he r el at i onshi p
bet ween number s and
numer al s.
• Recogni si ng, di scussi ng,
dupl i cat i ng and cr eat i ng
si mpl e numer i c sequences.
• Recor di ng cal cul at i ons.

9. St ages of Earl y Ari t hmet i cal
Devel opment
• Emer gent Lear ner
• Per cept ual Lear ner
• Fi gur at i ve Lear ner
• Count i ng On Lear ner
• Faci l e Lear ner

10. Number Tal ks
• 5- 15 mi nut e conver sat i ons
based ar ound pupi l s
expl ai ni ng t hei r sol ut i ons
t o si mpl e comput at i on
pr obl ems.
• Regul ar and i r r egul ar dot
pat t er ns, 5 f r ames, 10
f r ames, r ekenr eks.
• Ai m t o devel op mor e
accur at e, ef f i ci ent and

11. Support i ng Your Chi l d at
Home
• Di scussi ng number s al l ar ound us.
• Lot s of count i ng and number wor d
sequences.
• Numer al f l ashcar ds f or
i dent i f i cat i on, r ecogni t i on and
or der i ng.
• Di ce and domi no games.
• Oppor t uni t i es t o appl y ment al mat hs
t o r out i ne pr obl ems.
• I CT games.
• Aski ng chi l d t o expl ai ni ng t hi nki ng
and st r at egi es.