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Numberless word problems

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Numberless word problems shift the focus from solving to understanding.

When students see numbers in a word problem, they know that the expectation is to solve. They are “done” when they’ve added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided and they’re left with an answer. When the numbers are removed from the problem and replaced with blanks, the focus immediately shifts away from solving, because there’s nothing to solve! There is no operation to do because there are no numbers!

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Change direction to add or subtract

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Nice strategy to ease the adding and subtracting by changing the direction you work in. Follow the link to get explanations on how to do this.

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Play games, learn math

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Number path games, when played like board games, are ideal for helping preschool children learn math. See the wonderful blogpost in the link for today.

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Supporting Pupils with Dyscalculia and Math Difficulties

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Twinkl has a great bolog post on a recent teaching assistant CPD webinar all about dyscalculia and how TAs can support pupils with math difficulties, sharing strategies and resources that TAs can use with pupils to support their mathematical understanding and number sense.

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How to drill

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Although for the children with dyscalculia drilling can only be beneficial when they have a good understanding of the underlying concepts, here are a few strategies for drilling from the Teacherhead blog

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