We discovered that 5 groups of 6 equals 30.
We added two circles sowe had 7 groups in total. The children made groups of 4.
We discovered that 7 groups of 4 makes 28.
When we returned to class we used farm animals to make groups. We had two groups and one animal in each group.
We discovered that 2 groups of 1 equals 2.
We did similar activities using counters.
Placing objects into equal groups is an effective way of working out how many we have in total.
What have you made groups of at your house?
How did you work out how many you have altogether?
Adrians mum made banana muffins, Adrian counted 12 and said "that's 1dozen mum" Adrians mum asked how many is in 1/2 a dozen so Adrian halved the muffins then counted 6 in each group, so we had two groups of 6 muffins which was 12 altogether.
ReplyDeleteOlivia – I helped make sandwiches for lunches.
ReplyDeleteWe made 3 groups with 2 pieces of bread in each group.
We worked out, 3 groups of 2 equals a total of 6.
Darcy makes groups of 5 sparkles in her jar to get a treat.
ReplyDeleteSophie used dolls from the doll house to make groups. She made 2 groups of 3 dolls and counted them. Sophie said she had 6 dolls altogether. Sophie then made 3 groups of dolls. She put 3 dolls in each group and counted them to find there were 9 dolls altogether.
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