Errors and misconceptions: Reception multiplication and division
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- 1 Errors and misconceptions: Reception multiplication and division
- 2 Objective 1: Count in twos and talk about how many pairs
- 3 Objective 2: Say how many altogether in a double
- 4 Objective 3: Counting objects in different groups
- 5 Objective 4: Share objects out fairly into two or more groups
- 6 Objective 5: Count in tens
- 7 Objective 6: Solve problems that involve finding halves
Objective 6: Solve problems that involve finding halves
| Reception Key Objective | Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems. (NNS Framework for teaching mathematics, Supplement of examples, Section 4, page 20) | |||
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| Associated knowledge and skills | Errors and misconceptions | Questions to identify errors and misconceptions | Teaching to address the errors and misconceptions | Next steps in moving towards the Key Objective |
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Solve problems that involve finding halves. 6 YR |
When halving, makes two unequal groups or splits a single object unequally. 6 YR ×/÷ |
How many sheep in the field? Can you put half of them in the pen? How many are in the pen? How many are in the field? |
Practical activities with different numbers and types of objects to experience halving. Include activities involving measures; for example capacity, mass, money. |
Extend to activities that involve the child. |
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