Expanded method to subtract

Here's how we have been using the expanded method to subtract numbers.

Harvest Poem

As well as performing our Harvest song 'Let it Grow' (our take on the hit 'Let it Go' from the film Frozen), our class wrote Harvest Poems. We focused on Autumn and tried to use a range of adjectives and adverbs to describe. Here's one of them:

Autumn Time

Autumn

Arid leaves

Squirrels dancing joyfully

The fearful trees sway

Birds singing a beautiful tune

The leaves swirling and twirling peacefully 

Squirrels scattering all day long

Leaves crackling all day

Sticks snapping wildly

Leafless trees

Autumn 

By Charlie 3/4LS

Adding using the expanded method

This is how we add using the expanded method. It is the introduction to column addition where we break the numbers into easier chunks. Here we have added a 2 digit number to a 3 digit number

Adding using a blank number line

Take a look at how to add along a blank number line. Here we have added a 2 digit number to a 3 digit number

How to use the grid method to multiply

Here's how we use the grid method to multiply a 2 digit number by a single digit number e.g. 28 x 3

Doubling and halving diamonds

Here's how we double and halve using a doubling and halving diamond

Science - comparing stretchy materials

We tested the elasticity of materials today and we found out some very interesting things. This is what we did!