This week we have been discovering how to compare numbers using the greater than >, less than < and equal to = signs. Playing with a partner each student grabbed a handful of small objects, counted them using their knowledge of tens and ones, compared them, wrote out the numbers with the symbol and then added the two numbers together. They are really good and comparing the numbers, but are still working on using the correct symbol. When adding the numbers together most students at this stage will recount all the objects by tens and ones which is acceptable. I am encouraging them to see if they can make a new group of ten by using some of the ones from each partner and then counting their new groups of tens and new ones.
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May 2015
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