Mathematics

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to use subtraction strategies.

• I can make the whole and take away the part.
• I can use the ‘count-back strategy’. 
• I can use partitioning to subtract

VOCABULARY

Subtraction: is to take away a part, from a whole. It is taking away a number from another number to find out how many are left.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Students can have a go at the below subtraction problem.

There are 10 birds on a tree. 3 birds fly away, and then 2 more birds fly away. How many birds are left on the tree?