Students to be tested: L, K, A, T.
L and K first example: 37 - 9 = ? Both kids had huge gaps when counting backwards. They both got confused around 31, 30 , 29. Their first strategy was to count on their fingers. I tried to do a bit of ‘just in time’ teaching and tried to connect 35 - 10 = 25 and so on. 24 marbles shared between 4 people. K shared them out evenly from one. L went 5+5+5+5 = 20 then added one more each. T and A 37 - 9 = ? Took away 7 and knew there were 2 left over and knows 30 - 2 = 28. 24 marbles shared between 4 people. A knew that 5+5+5+5 = 20 and that there were 4 left. T thought it could be 6 and then tested his theory by taking 6 away from 24 4 times. In conclusion, it was very easy to see who was below, at or exceeding the standard for add/sub and mult/div. Now what? I would like to talk with most kids and give them these 2 questions to see how they work them out. The bottom 2 groups need to be working up in the year 4 standard for numeracy so this will be a focus for me.
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