Astronaut Selection Parents Prompt sheet - Spennithornespennithorne.n-yorks.sch.uk/data/documents/All-help-sheets.pdf · Astronaut Selection Parents Prompt sheet Building confidence

Astronaut Selection Parents Prompt sheet

Building confidence in mathematics is crucial so be pleased with their efforts and

always encourage with praise. Make sure these practice sessions are

enjoyable - if your child is really not in the mood it is the wrong time to be

practising!

Recites numbers in order to 10

Recognises numerals 1 to 5

Counts up to three or four objects by saying one number name for each of them

Counts out up to six objects from a larger group

Play Count us in

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/

games/game3.htm

Ladybird sorting

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

Counting songs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

schoolradio/subjects/

mathematics/

countingsongs

Wash Line

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html#washindex

Counting games

Give the child a group of objects such as buttons, smarties,

pencils, spoons etc and ask the child to count out 6 (correctly

counting out loud in order)

Astronaut Selection 2

Selects the correct number to represent 1 to 5

Selects the correct number to represent 1 to 10

Counts objects to 10

Count beyond 10

Play Count us in on the Bus

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/

games/game7.htm

Play Duck shoot

http://www.ictgames.com/

newduckshoot.html

Match the Gingerbread men

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/

resources/gordon/GingerMen%

20v2.swf

Teddy Numbers

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-

count/teddy-numbers

Teddy Numbers

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Underwater Counting

http://

www.topmarks.co.uk/

learning-to-count/

underwater-counting

Pop the balloon

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Number-Balloons-572

Help Lecky catch the balloons

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html#count-with-lecky7b

Connect the dots

http://www.abcya.com/

connect_the_dots_20.htm

Launch Pad Parents Prompt sheet


always encourage with praise. Make sure these practice sessions are enjoyable - if

your child is really not in the mood it is the wrong time to be

practising!

Say the numbers 0-20 accurately

Read the numbers 1 to 20 in numerals

Say 1 more than any number between 0-20

Say 1 less than any number between 0-20

Numbers to 20

http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/ngfl/ngfl-flash/

numbers_eng/numbers_e.html

Number Match

http://www.abcya.com/

number_match.htm

One more than

http://www.dositey.com/2008/

addsub/NC2/onemorethan.htm

Bingo

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/

files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/848/more&less.swf

Launch Pad 2

Say 1 more and 1 less than any two digit number

To count in twos 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20...22, 24

To count in fives 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50...55, 60

To count in tens 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100...110

Play Duck Shoot

http://www.ictgames.com/newduckshoot10s.html

Play—Two more than

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/

custom/resources_ftp/

client_ftp/ks1/maths/

two_more/index.htm

Play Up and Jump with BBC Dig-

ger and the Gang

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

digger/5_7entry/5.shtml

Bingo

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/

files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/848/more&less.swf

Number Sequences

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=NumberSequences

Know by heart all number bonds to 10

0 + 10 = 10

1 + 9 = 10

2 + 8 = 10

3 + 7 = 10

4 + 6 = 10

5 + 5 = 10

6 + 4 = 10

Know the days of the week, months of the year and seasons

How many days are there in a week? Which day comes after Wednesday? Thursday!

Well done - let's look on the calendar to see what we are doing on Thursday.

Building confidence in mathematics is crucial so be pleased with their efforts

and always encourage with praise. Make sure these practice sessions are


practising!

Mercury Parents Prompt sheet

Ten teddies sit on a shelf—one fell off—how

many are left?

To know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number up to 5

Recall the doubles of all numbers to at least 10.

Know by heart all number bonds that total 20.

Know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number up to 10

There are 5 ladybirds on the leaf. Two fly away, how many are left?

3 ladybirds! How do you know?

Well, 2 add 3 make 5.

What's hidden?

There are 5 beans on this plate, I hide some under a beaker - how many have I hidden?

If I have 5 pairs of socks how many socks will I have?

There are 2 buns in one row - how many buns will be in three rows?

6 buns!

Great - how do you know?

Because 3 times 2 is 6.

0 + 20 = 20

1 + 19 = 20

2 + 18 = 20

3 + 17 = 20

4 + 16 = 20

5 + 15 = 20

6 + 14 = 20

7 + 13 = 20

8 + 12 = 20

9 + 11 = 20

10 + 10 = 20

11 + 9 = 20

12 + 8 = 20

13 + 7 = 20

14 + 6 = 20

15 + 5 = 20

16 + 4 = 20

17 + 3 = 20

18 + 2 = 20

19 + 1 = 20

20 + 0 = 20

I have 20 cm of ribbon, I cut off 14 cm. How much ribbon is left?

1 + 2 = 3

3 - 2 = 1

5 + 0 = 5

4 - 1 = 3

18 - 3 = 15

17 + 2 = 19

11 - 8 = 3

16 + 2 = 18

12 - 6 = 6

8 + 4 = 12

17 - 5 = 12

3 + 15 = 18

20 - 7 = 13 Mercury 2

Play Pop the balloons


resources/gordon/

Popping%20Balloons%

20v3%20sound.swf

Earth Parents Prompt sheet Know by heart all sums and differences of multiples of 10 up to 100

Know by heart all number bonds that total 100

Know by heart all doubles of multiples of 10 up to 100…double 10, double 40

Know by heart all doubles of multiples of 5 up to 100…double 30,double 5

20 + 30 = 50

60 - 20 = 40

80 + 10 = 90

30 - 20 = 10

60 + 30 = 90

50 + 10 = 60

10 + 40 = 50

30 + 30 = 60

70 + 20 = 90

0 + 30 = 30

20 + 20 = 40

70 - 10 = 60

20 + 40 = 60

10 - 10 = 0

30 - 30 = 0

20 + 70 = 90

Example of number bonds to 100

I have a metre of string. I use 67cm to wrap my parcel.

How much string is left?

Jack has £1, he spends 30p. How much change does he get?

70p!

Are you sure?

Yes, the sum of 70p and 30p is

100p - that's £1

Double 10 = 20

Double 15 = 30

Double 20 = 40

Double 30 = 60

Double 40 = 80

Double 50 = 100

Double 45 = 90

Double 35 = 70

How many socks in 10 pairs?

How many shoes in 40 pairs?

How many gloves in 30 pairs?

How many buns in 3

rows of 5?




practising!

Know by heart all multiplication facts, and division facts, for 4, up to 4 x 12



Know by heart all halves of all multiples of 10 up to 100…halve 60, halve 70

Halve 10 5

Halve 20 10

Halve 70 35

Halve 60 30

Halve 90 45

Halve 30 15

Halve 50 25

Arrays

3 x 4 = 12

And 4 x 3 = 12

so, 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 12 ÷ 4 = 3

Call out

Use a puppet or favourite teddy to count in 4s, making a mistake. Can the child spot the

mistake and explain what is wrong - then count along correctly with you.

Dominoes

Pick a domino and add the dots. The child multiplies the total by 6 or 4. Can they also give the associated division fact?

Playing cards

Remove picture cards from the pack. Pick a card and state the multiplication and division fact that the child

is working on.

e.g. Pick the '8' card; so

6x 8 = 48 and 48 divided by 6 = 8

Dice

Roll two die, find the total. The child multiplies the total by 4 or 6. Can they also say the associated division fact?

Songs

There are lots of CDs available with musical tables. Great fun to sing along to on long car journeys!

Timed Games

How well are you doing? How many questions can you answer in 2 minutes. Can you beat your own record ?

Earth 2

Venus Parents Prompt sheet




practising!

Know by heart all bonds of multiples of 10 to 100

Know by heart doubles and halves of all numbers to 20

Count in tens from any number, forward or backward

Know by heart addition and subtraction facts for each number up

Example of number bonds to 100:

I have a metre of string. I use 67cm to wrap my parcel.

How much string is left?

33cm are left Well done! That

was quick!

If there are 18 pencils in a pack, how many pencils will there be in 2 packs?

36 pencils

Well done!

Play number ping pong!

Start of saying 'ping', child replies with 'pong'.

Repeat and then convert to numbers i.e. say '12' and they reply '24' (doubles to 20) Or say, '36'

and they say '18' (halves of numbers to 20)

Give the child a number and ask them to count in 10s forwards

E.g. 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76 , 86, 96, etc

And then try a different one to count backwards

94, 84, 74, 64, 54, 44, 34, 24, 14, 4, etc.

Playing cards:

Take out the picture cards from the deck of cards. Include the jokers

as 'zero'.

1) Play snap by matching the number bonds.

2) Play the 'memory game' to find matching number bonds.

Play Froggy hops

http://www.ictgames.com/

frog.html




Dominoes

Pick a domino, add the number of

dots together then multiply by the

table they are working on.

There are 20 stamps on a sheet.

There are 5 stamps in a row, how

many rows are there altogether?

25 fingers, how many hands?

0 x 10 = 0

1 x 10 = 10

2 x 10 = 20

3 x 10 = 30

4 x 10 = 40

10 ÷ 10 = 1

20 ÷ 10 = 2

30 ÷ 10 = 3

40 ÷ 10 = 4

Play Fizz Buzz. To practice the 2 and 10 times tables together take it in

turns to count in ones. If a number is in the 2x table say 'Fizz' instead of

the number. Say 'Buzz' if it's in the 10's and 'Fizz Buzz' if it's in both.

There are 4 children in the paddling pool, how many toes are there?

40 toes! How come? 4 times 10 is 40.

Venus 2

Play The Big Count

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/

ambleweb/mentalmaths/bigcount.html

Play Fairy fog

http://www.ictgames.com/fairyfog_random.html

Mars Parents Prompt sheet

Building confidence in mathematics is crucial so

be pleased with their efforts and always en-

courage with praise. Make sure these practice

sessions are enjoyable - if your child is really

not in the mood it is the wrong time to be

practising!

Know the number of days in a week,

month and year, including leap years

Know the number of seconds in a minute,

minutes in an hour and hours in a day

longer short-

er

the same as

1 1 hours

is than

50 minutes

2 2 weeks

is than

20 days

3 20 minutes

is than

half an hour

4 2 hours

is than

300 minutes

5 8 days

is than

1 week

6 50 days

is than

5 weeks

7 2 minutes

is than

100 seconds

8 100 weeks

is than

1 year

9 120 seconds

is than

2 minutes

1

0

half a minute

is than

30 seconds

Know the number of g in kg, ml in l,

mm in cm, cm in m and m in km

Count from zero in steps of 100




Hopscotch

Count up on a hopscotch grid in either 4s, 8s, 50,s or

100s.

Clap as you count

Count up in 4s and each time a number is a multiple of 8,

child claps.

Repeat with 50s and 100s.

Chant as you walk

Count in 4s for each step as you walk along or go up and down stairs.

Repeat with 8s, 50s and 100s.

Odd one out

Encircle the number that does not belong to the group.

1) 200 225 250 300

2) 450 500 550 575

3) 625 650 700 750

4) 850 825 800 750

Mars 2

Jupiter Parents Prompt sheet

Building confidence in mathematics is crucial so be pleased with their efforts and always encourage

with praise. Make sure these practice sessions are enjoyable - if your child is really not in the mood

it is the wrong time to be practising!

Recognise multiples of 2, 5, 10 up to 1000

Double any 2 digit number…double 42, double 67,double 88

Halve any 2 digit number…halve 50, halve 86, halve 98

Know by heart all multiplication facts for 7, up to 7 x 12

Play Fizz Buzz. To practice the 2 and 10 times tables together

take it in turns to count in ones. If a number is in the 2x table say

'Fizz' instead of the number. Say 'Buzz' if it's in the 10's

and 'Fizz Buzz' if it's in both.

Play ‘Hit the button’

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play Camel Times tables

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/popup.shtml

For a party we have four 2 litre bottles of pop. How many litres do we have altogether?

8 litres! How do you know? Two multiplied by four is eight.

There were 34 matching socks in the tumble dryer. How many pairs did they

make? 17

How do you know? Because half of 34 is 17.

Play ‘Hit the button’


Play mad for Maths 7x multiplication game

http://www.mad4maths.com/7_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

Know by heart all division facts, for 7, up to 7 x 12

Jupiter 2


Know by heart all division facts for 8 up to 8 x 12



Play the Mad for Maths Tree Climbing game

http://www.mad4maths.com/8_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

Play the Woodlands Junior School 8 times tables game

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/8x.html

You could also play SNAP or PAIRS by writing out the times

calculation on one piece of paper and the

answer on another for all of the times table bring learned

and then play to see who gets the biggest pile.

Holly is 9.

Holly’s mum is 9 years older than Holly’s aunt.

Holly’s granny is 9 times the age of Holly.

Holly was born when her mum was 27.

Work out the ages of Holly’s mum, aunt and granny.

Play Underwater Times Tables

http://www.what2learn.com/

home/examgames/maths/

subtraction/

Saturn Parents Prompt sheet




practising!

Count from any number in steps of 6




Play the sequences game

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/42/sequences

Play Whack a mole

http://www.ictgames.com/whackAMole/index.html

Play counting stick—can you beat the counting stick to

the right answer?

http://www.ictgames.com/countingwithstick.html

Play the Super Sequencer game

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/

mentalmaths/supersequencer.html

Play the number sequencer game

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/

activities/4dsequencer.swf

Middleham CE (VA) School

Saturn 2



Know by heart all division facts for 11 up to 11 x 12

Know by heart all multiplication facts for 12, up to 12 x


Count from any given number in 1000s eg 24, 1024, 2024, 3024, 4024, 5024, etc

Try the 11x tables quiz

http://www.mathsisfun.com/quiz/eleventimes.html

Play underwater 12 times tables

http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/subtraction/

Test your knowledge

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/math_games/multiplication/

flash-cards-multiplication-by-twelves.html

Test yourself on number sequences

http://www.freemathtest.com/Elementary_Math/Sequences/Test.aspx?

max=40000&boxes=5&steps=1000&percblanks=40&Qty=10

Uranus Parents Prompt sheet




practising!

Use knowledge of time facts to write equivalent times to multiples of 1/4 of a unit e.g. 180 seconds = 3 minutes, 5 ¼ hours = 5 hours 15 mins

Use knowledge of mass and weight facts to write equivalent measures e.g. 3.75kg = 3750g, 5678g = 5.678kg

Use knowledge of volume and capacity facts to write equivalent measures e.g. 7.45l = 7450ml, 3278ml = 3.278l

Play Pairs

http://mathsticks.com/resource/1102/measuring-pairs-

game#.VEa00vnF-So

Play—match the measure

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/

measurement/MeasurementLiters.htm

(This is an American site so the spelling is different from

the UK)

Uranus 2

Count up and down in tenths from any given number

Know by heart 1 tenth more of any given number

Know by heart 1 tenth less than any given number

Have a go at the Number line demonstrator

http://www.ictgames.com/finalnline2.html

Use knowledge of length facts to write equivalent measures e.g. 5.2km = 5200m, 22mm = 2.2cm

Play—the measurement conversion game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/

MeasurementMeters.htm

Play the Animal rescue game

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Animal-Rescue-TENTHS-374

Neptune Parents Prompt sheet




practising!

Add and subtract 2 fractions with the same denominator within one whole

Add and subtract 2 fractions with the same denominator

Starting at any given number count forwards and backwards in steps of any number, including through zero to include negative numbers

Double any number with up to 1 decimal

Interactive lesson with test

http://

inteleducationresources.intel.co.uk/

content/primary/maths/

add_sub_frac/index.html Play Bug Splat

http://fen.com/studentactivities/

MathSplat/mathsplat.htm

Pac Man fractions

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

mathgames/fractions/

mathman_add_subtract_fractions.htm

Plaving numbers on a number line

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/

resource/37/

placing_numbers_on_a_number_line

Snowflake sequences


custom/files_uploaded/

uploaded_resources/846/

snowflake-

sequencesv2.swf

Hit the button

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/

gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf

Neptune 2

Halve any number with up to 1 decimal place

Recall quickly multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 and use them to multiply pairs of multiples of 10 and 100, for example 30 x 70, 40 x 200

Recall quickly division facts of all tables up to 12 x 12 and use them to divide pairs of multiples of 10 and 100, for example 240 ÷ 40 = 60

Play Ghostbusters

http://resources.oswego.org/games/Ghostblasters1/gbcd.html

Hit the button


resources/gordon/Hit%

20the%20button%20v9.swf

Hit the button

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-

games/hit-the-button

Grande Prix

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/

grand_prix/grand_prix.html

Mission Times Tables Challenge

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-

multiplication.html

Hit the button


Sum Sense

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SumSense/

sumdiv.html

Milky Way Parents Prompt sheet




practising!

Identify pairs of factors for all 2 digit whole numbers

Know by heart all the squares of numbers up to 12 x 12

Know by heart all the cubes numbers up to 12³

Factors tutorial

http://

inteleducationre-

sources.intel.co.uk/

content/primary/

maths/factors/index.html Legend of Dick and Dom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

bitesize/ks2/maths/

number/factors_multiples/

play/

One Wasn’t Square

http://nrich.maths.org/1119

Square numbers poster

http://mathsticks.com/

resource/1003/square-

numbers-

poster#.VE4uGPmsWSo

Crystal Crash

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/

resource/279/

Multiples_Factors_Prime_Square_Cube

BBC Bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/

maths/algebra/number_patterns/

revision/4/

Milky Way 2

Recognise and recall factors of numbers up to 100 and corresponding multiples of 100

Use knowledge of place value and x facts to 12 x 12 to derive related multiplication and division facts involving decimals… 0.8 x 7 = 5.6

Know by heart tests of divisibility for multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10

Factors and multiples Game

http://

Factor-Multiple chain

http://

nrich.maths.org/5578/note

Decimal Jeopardy Game

http://www.math-

play.com/Decimals-

Jeopardy/decimals-

jeopardy-game.html

Decimal Speedway

http://

www.decimalsquares.com/

dsGames/games/

speedway.html

Maths Maestro

http://

www.channel4learning.net

/sites/puzzlemaths/

md_machine_game.shtml

Maths Magician

http://

resources.oswego.org/

games/mathmagician/

maths1.html

Hit the button

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

maths-games/hit-the-button

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