Week Beginning 4th September 2016

Week 2: Decimals and Written Addition

Warm Up:
Play in pairs.
Shuffle a pack of 09 cards and sketch a 01 line on
your whiteboards.
One of you takes 4 cards and uses them in order to
make a pair of numbers to mark on the line, e.g.
0.36 and 0.47.
The other child in the pair takes another two cards
and tries to make a number in between. If
successful they win that round; if not the 1st child
does. Swap and repeat.

Activity:
Place Value Chart

Activity:
What happens to the digits as each number is
multiplied by 10? 100? 1000?
And when numbers are divided by 10? 10?
1000?

Main Task:

Plenary:
Im thinking of a number. I add 0.005 to it
and get 0.245. What was my number?

Im thinking of a number. I add 0.1 to it and

get 6.196. What was it?

Homework:
Introduce new website and hand out stickers
for diaries.
www.mrbirchmathsroom.weebly.com

Warm Up Team Game:

Have a go at the following Balloon Pop
Decimals Game!
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/deci
mals/BalloonPopDecimals1.htm

Activity:
Four children with number cards, e.g. 1, 2, 3
and 4
Stand either side of a large decimal point on
the board and show 1.234.
Multiply their number by 10 and move.
What is the four worth now? And the 2?
10 again, then 100, 100, then
1000.
Repeat with 4 new children.

Main Task: Function Machines