developing maths skills through numicon

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Developing Maths SkillsThrough

NUMICON

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Counting Is Easy, Isn’t It?

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Doh, Ray, Me …

• Sing along with the Doh, Ray, Me sequence…• Start at ‘Soh’ and continue the count.• Now start at ‘Me’.• Now… start at ‘Te’ and go backwards.• How many steps are there from ‘Ray’ to ‘La’?• Count back from ‘Soh’ to ‘Doh’ – how much was that?

Now try again, but use the number line!

Doh Ray Me DohTeLaSohFah

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Key skills needed by Good Calculators

• Good knowledge of the number system• Know number bonds• Partition numbers into multiples of 1 10 100• Quick recall of times tables• Ability to multiply and divide by 10 and100• Use of inverse operation

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NumiconA multi-sensory resource to Support Learning and Teaching in Number

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Rationale behind Numicon

• Quality first learning• Progressive• Inclusive• Children can: Understand number relationships Do calculating without counting Learn mathematical language in context Make connections to use and apply their

understanding

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Numicon imagery - motivated representation structured to reveal relationships between numbers and to help children to make connections

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Numicon imagery plays to children’s sense of pattern … and draws their attention

… seeing a pattern is at the heart of mathematical thinking….… recognising and creating patterns is often difficult for children who have SEN …

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Feel inside the bag can you find the pink shape

Find number 3

Find the number which you add to 6 to make 10

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Initial Brain Storm of Teaching Ideas

• Using feely bag to find various numicon shapes• Hide numicon in sand /water• Press shapes into playdough/clay• Use as templates to make numicon cookies• Use base boards to create a pattern photograph and ask other

children to copy• Paint and print repeated patterns• Represent numicon patterns using different media i.e beans • Make numicon the currency in the shop area.• Use balance and measure out equal bonds

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People DirectorateMy initial brain storm of teaching ideas

• Order numicon on a numberline• Complete the different numicon numberline • Make the story of 6 using numicon shapes• Adding numbers bridging through ten• Place value partitioning 2 digit number• Doubling numbers• Adding 2 digit numbers• Putting sets of a particular numicon shape to see how

many make e.g.12• Making numicon towers to represent multiplication

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YOUTUBE contains lots of sample videos of NUMICON use

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People DirectorateBridging through ten..

• Using addition facts of 10 and other numbers to bridge a multiple of ten

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Moving into bigger numbers

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Place Value

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lj3Yg1TbA8

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People DirectorateTowards written methods - addition

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Extend to more complex additions

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People DirectorateSubtraction – using difference

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People DirectorateIn Conclusion

• Understanding of numbers and the number system takes place when the learner makes cognitive connections between concrete apparatus, images, symbols and mathematical language

• Structured imagery can support children to make

sense of numbers

• Structured imagery can support children in developing calculation skills and can support children in learning to calculate without relying on counting

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People DirectorateUseful youtube links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgwM5Z1tMo

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPAJzdvAyo