Telling the time

We have been learning to tell the time using both an analogue clock and a digital clock. These are the stages we have been through:

1. Learning o'clock and half past
2. Learning quarter past and quarter to
3. Learning all past and to times, to the nearest 5 minutes
4. Converting analogue times to digital times and digital to analogue
5. Calculating time intervals, eg. How long from 10:35 to 11:10?

This website helps practise what we have learnt (there are links to many time activities from this one site):

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time

Doubling the last consonant when adding 'ing'

This week's spelling rule is when to double the last consonant before adding 'ing'.

If the verb ends in CVC (consonant, verb, consonant), the last consonant needs to be doubled before adding 'ing'. This to keep the short vowel sound.

eg. hop = hopping

If the last consonant is not doubled it becomes: hoping - which has a long vowel sound and is a very different word!

Methods for doubling and halving

Doubling is the same as multiplying by 2, so any method that works for multiplying by 2 also works for doubling. The same is true for halving and dividing by 2.

1. Use objects or fingers to help.

2. Use knowledge of 2 times table

3. Write down the number. Split it into tens and ones. Double or halve each part then add the answers back together.

Eg. doubling

Remember to separate the tens and ones to 30 and 4, not 3 and 4!

This method can also be used for halving.

If it is difficult to halve the tens, separate the tens into a 10 and the rest of the tens.

eg. halving