Montessori Cycle 3

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by Bryce 4-6A Grade 5

Maths tickets

Maths tickets are small little cards that we can pick off the shelf and they are used for learning maths in Cycle 2.  There is one box for each type of Maths Multiplication, addition, subtraction and division.Each box has lots of different types of maths problems for us to pick from. In Cycle 3 we use maths tickets to remember and recap our maths.

100 Board

Cycle 2 students use the 100 Board to help them do simple maths. And learn how to count from 1-100. Each Number is on a wooden tile and students need to put them in order.

Skip Chain

Skip Chains are for practising your multiplication in cycle 2. Each chain is a group of different numbers of beads. In the picture below we are using the bead chain to count by 4’s.

Test Tube Division

In Test Tube Division you use little coloured beads that represent Units, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands, Tens of thousands, Hundreds of Thousands and Millions. (Also very easy to lose)

We roll a dice to make our own sum or ask our teacher to pick one for us. Then we count out the little beads into the bowls to make the number.  Once we are done with that we put skittles out so we know what number to divide by.

Then we lay out our beads to find the answer.

Cube roots

By Kaylee

People doing the story of the three kings, necessary to do cube roots first. Cube roots require materials, and a little bit mind aching as there are a lot to remember.

You get a card from the rainbow maths drawer and take out your maths book. In the lesson, you write all the square roots, cube roots and number squared times three from one to nine. Write the sum down. They are normally in ‘pairs’. Subtract a cube root from the first ‘pair’. We carry down the next number. It’s very complicated, and I think that you would like to read some other maths jobs so… Carry on!

Algebra

Algebra has two levels. There are three or four packs, but they are easier. Then there is a box full of harder algebra questions. Algebra is algebra, so what else is there to explain? X =3874, other things. This doesn’t use materials, (Well, not if you count the algebra cards as materials) but you can’t just be taught it. You need to be good with numbers or multiplication (That’s what my teacher told me) 

The slightly easier packs are still a little confusing, but if you have a teacher, then it isn't so bad. The harder level, however, is much more difficult. 

Doubling and halving fraction cards. 

Doubling and halving fractions are what the name says. You make a line or loop of cards. One of the ends of the card says a number, the other says “Half of,” Say, “forty eight.” You find twenty four, and put it on the end of that card. You continue until all of the cards are laid out, then you pack up, and you’re finished.

Thank you for reading this Mitcham Montessori Media article about maths. I hope now you know more about what we do in maths in Montessori.