Leonard, Amelia and Persia present their Tinana learning

Making pairs of numbers (adding 2 numbers together)

Today our Superman maths group were learning all about pairs of numbers.  For example there are lots of pairs of numbers that make 14: 0 + 14, 1 + 13, 2 + 12, 3 + 11, 4 + 10, 5 + 9, 6 + 8, 7 + 7, 8 + 6, 9 + 5, 10 + 4, 11 + 3, 12 + 2, 13 + 1 and 14 + 0.

Today our whizz kids were learning how to make a number using pairs of numbers.  Here are some photos of them hard at work:

Keira and Faith work out what happens when you have 7 + 3 more... Kahjaden was supervising.

Eve demonstrates to Amelia what she has been learning to do...great work Eve!

Working together to find out what happens when the number 10 has two pairs (4 + 6)

Stage 2 Counting On

Our stage 2 maths group are learning about counting on.  This is when you start at the biggest number instead of counting all of the number.  Check out our super stars in action while learning how to use this strategy:

Kahjaden started at 5 and counted on 4 more.

Jadyn started at 6 and counted 4 more.

Emily started at 6 and counted 6 more.

Mrs C was setting up a problem for the group to solve using counting on.  They weren't allowed to peek until Mrs C said so.

Keira is counting on from 7 - what do you think her answer was?

Yup you are right, she got 11!  She looks pretty pleased with herself.

Amelia was counting on 6 more from 8 - what answer do you think she got?

You're right!  The answer is 14, Amelia was super happy she worked this out herself.

Faith has just joined us from Palmerston North.  She was counting on from 5.

Yes Faith, you are right, the answer is 10!

Mrs C could see we were getting clever at this so she set us the challenge of making some addition problems for our buddy to solve using counting on.  Check out the photos of us in action: