Equals

The idea of "equals" is really important in maths, and good to get clear right from the start. It doesn't just mean "here comes the answer", it shows when two (or more) things are the same in some way.

We've been talking about this, and showing our understanding of it with pattern blocks...

and Cuisenaire rods:

See an album of our equal Cuisenaire images.

Daniel's Cuisenaire rod exploration at home

We use Cuisenaire rods lots in K3 as you know. It may be something you'd like to play with at home; they're available via for instance amazon, and we can recommend these wooden ones, made in Spain, as good value. And/or you may like your child to try one of the online Cuisenaire environments that we use at school. If you make anything, do take a photo or screengrab, and send it to us!

Daniel's got his own set and he's been busy creating equal-length trains, and writing equations to describe them:

 

For Jacob's trains

for Edouard's trains

for Marcos' trains

Tjan

Tjan's trains have just been added to the blog. What could you write for this?

Gabriel

How to write this?

Alessandro

How to write these three?

Elias

This is a big one:

Annaelle

Can you write these?

Zarah

Can you make out the rods in this fuzzy photo?

Effie

Effie made this:

Isobel

Can you write this?

Carlos

How would you write this?

Jorge

How would you write this?

Blake

Here's what Blake made for us:

Ava

The photo of Ava's trains is fuzzy. Can you still see what they are?

Wilbur

Wilbur made these pairs of trains for us:

Irene

Irene has made four pairs of trains, all the same length:

Arav

Arav has made four pairs of trains for us:

Niels

Niels made these equal-length trains:

Jacob

Jacob made this pair of trains:

Edouard

This is Edouard's train: