Our Morning Question

Every morning there is a question waiting for the children in Room 3 when they arrive at school.  Well if you have ever wondered what clever things we get up to with it check this out!

This morning the question was...

Firstly we tally up each column

and then we think about the different strategies we have to help us solve this problem.

This morning Brooke used her doubles knowledge to firstly work out that 4+4=8, then she had to count  on 8 more from 8 and came up with an answer of 16.  Well done Brooke.

The next clever idea came from Lachlan who decided to count all the names.  He also got an answer of 16.  Good thinking Lachlan!

Tui had a different idea.  She knows that tidy numbers are easy to count and she decided to see if she could make 10 first out of the numbers we had.  She was also able to use her Place Value knowledge to help her work out this problem.  Guess what..... Tui got 16 as well!  Those were some tricky strategies Tui good thinking!

Ezra's idea was to count on using his fingers to help him.  He put 8 in his head and counted on to 12.  Then he put 12 in his head and counted on.  You guessed it his answer was 16!  Nice thinking Ezra!

Lastly Sophie decided to use "something" to help her count out the answers.  The something we like to use in Room 3 when we count the morning question is the ducks!  Your idea was helpful as well as cute Sophie!  

And I know you know how many ducks are on that table - 16 of course!