2KM and 2KJ have been learning about subtraction in maths during the past few weeks.
Mrs Morris and Miss Jordan are very happy with the progress the students are making and it has been great to see the students sharing different subtraction strategies with each other. It is important to learn a variety of strategies but it is good to use strategies that work best for you.
At the start of each maths lesson we use our interactive whiteboard to practise our subtraction skills. We have been playing games, watching videos of subtraction strategies and the students have demonstrated how they solve subtraction problems.
Here are some subtraction games you will enjoy. Give them a try and improve your skills!
This website has lots of different subtraction games, give them a try!
@ 2KM and 2KJ,
I have not tried any of the games but I will.
One good strategy is to use your tens facts to help you solve larger subtraction problems.
I use subtraction when I do cooking with my mum.
From,
Harry
@ Harry,
Great comment!
I do use subtraction when my mum and I do cooking too
From,
♥Molly♥
@ Harry,
Thankyou for leaving a Great comment!
I only sometimes use subtraction when I am cooking with my mum.
I think you can use your 10′s facts to, but also 20′s facts.
Warm Wishes,
Alana
Dear 2KM and 2J,
What a great year you are all having learning a great deal of interesting topics which is just awesome.
I have to admit I am not very good when it comes to subtraction. Maybe you guys can give me some tips reguarding subtraction.
Will be looking forward to reading your comments.
From your blogging pal,
AA.
Dear aa,
Hi my name is Eb.
Thank you for your comment!
With subtraction I need counters.
Your pal,
Eb
@ AA,
thankyou for leaving that great comment! Hi, my name is Alana and i’m from 2KM.
Hear are a cupol of tips 1. You can use canters.
2.mabey a roler or nuber line. And
3.a chart with nubers.
Hope these work for you.
your blogging pal,
Alana
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
Great post Miss Jordan!
I have not played the games yed but on the weekend I might.
Your friend,
Eb
Hi Eb0ny,
It’s Haille here.
Witch game do you want to play the most?
Tonight (Friday night) I played all of the games except the ones on the whole game website.
Love,
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Haille. *
Hi Haille,
Thanks for your reply!
I liked factdash the most.
I didn’t play the subtraction games either.
Nice to hear from you,
Eb
@ Haille and Eb,
thankyou for the great comment. You two are great bloggers.
I see you two are having a conversation.
I also like fact dash, infact if you want to see my comment, it’s about my opinion on all the subtraction games it starts at one and ends at four.
your friend,
Alana
@ Eb♥ny,
I love your comment, you have a lot of replys.
I have not played the games either but I might with you tonight.
Your best friend,
Meg
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
I loved reading the post Miss Jordan!
Subtraction is fun! Isn’t it?
My favourie subraction game was fact dash. The strategy that I use is sometimes you can use your 10′s facts and 20′s fact to help you with subtraction too.
I mostly use subtraction when I want to give my family things and I want them to have the same amount.
What was your favourite sheet in subtraction and why?
Kind Wishes,
Alana
Hi Alana,
I also like subtraction too.
At school in the teachers group (when I was doing maths groups) I did a sheet that had vertical subtraction
Lots of love,
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Haille. *
Hi, Haille,
Thankyou for replying to me! When I did the sheet it had vertacal subtraction too, because I also saw it to!
Best Wishes,
Alana
@ 2KM and 2KJ,
Hi its Lee here. I am looking forward to next week of school! Here is a website you could try [dinosaur games.com].
See you soon,
Lee
Hi Lee,
Great comment. You’re a gret blogger.
I tryed out you dinosaur link:
http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaur-games/index.php
I did ‘Make a dinosaur.’
It was great fun.
From,
Jordi
@ Jordi and Lee,
Thankyou for leaving those comments! You two are great blogers.
I tried the game out.If you don’t know what i’m talking about i’m talking about the dinosaur link, it’s fun.
See you tomorrow.
Your friend,
Alana
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
I think one of the best ways to learn is by playing games. I think if it’s fun, you’ll spend more time working on it and in turn, you’ll ended up knowing it even better. You are all so lucky to have two teachers that make learning so much fun.
One of my favorite videos about subtraction is Mr. Salsich’s subtraction number-line. Have you watched that one yet?
Keep up all the hard work. I know you’re all learning so much this year!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
@ Mr Avery,
Thankyou for leaving a comment on the blog!
I also think doing games helps getting better at maths and other subjets.It’s fun haveing two teachers, because they sometimes have different strategies that they can share with us in 2KM and 2KJ.
Yes I think we have watched Mr. Salsich’s video.
I’m not shore what my favourite video was, because they were all so great.
your blogging pal,
Alana
@ 2KM and 2KJ,
This is my opinion, subtraction is fun!
What is your favourite thing about subtraction? My favourite thing about subtraction is that you can learn new skills, get better at maths and it helps in every day situations.
In my house I sometimes subtract lots of things, like when cooking with my mum, when doing my made up homework that I make up, and when I play shops with my sister because I have to give her the right change.
I also have another favourite subtraction game and it is Speed Grid Challenge, it was great fun, but it is harder than it looks because you have to make your own problems by finding it on the board.
I will make a rating out of what my opinion is.
1. Fact Dash
2. Speed Grid Challenge
3. Number Cruncher and
4. Maths Magician.
See you tomorrow 2KM and 2KJ.
Your friend,
Alana
@ Alana,
great comment i love it,your a great blogger!
I love your tips about subtraction they are really great.
Subtraction is very fun! Thats my opinion.
My favourite thing about subtraction is figuring out the answers.
Happy blogging Alana!
Love from,
Meg
@ Meg,
thankyou for replying to me. You are a great blogger too.
Thanks for saying my tips were great.
Thanks for the reply again.
Warm Wishes,
Alana
Hi 2KJ and 2KM,
Thanks for sharing some great subtraction games as well as explaining how you use subtraction in real life situations. I think subtraction is a bit tricky because our brains are much better at going forwards then they are at going backwards! I try to use this knowledge to help me when I am solving subtraction problems. So if I am only subtracting 1,2 or 3 I count backwards because that is easy for me to remember, but after that I use my addition facts to help me. For example I know
7 +4 = 11 so
11-7 = 4
11-4 = 7
It’s almost like solving a fill in the blank addition problem and because I am very good at addition, this works well for me.
The children in K/1D also like playing this subtraction game to practise taking away ten. http://www.ictgames.com/football2.html
I think they really like it because it is a soccer game!
Keep having fun with subtraction,
From Ms Dowling
@ Mrs Dowling,
Hi, my name is Alana I’m from 2KM.
Thankyou for leaving a great comment.
The games are fun aren’t they?
What is your favourite, subtraction or addition?
thankyou for leaving that comment again.
Best Wishes,
Alana
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
I love the subtraction games.
I played them on sunday(yestoday.) I did not get time to leave a comment because I had to go to my friends house so my Mum, Dad and brothers can go to a party.
I realy wanted to go and leave a comment on this post.
Great post Miss Jordan I love all the posts you make and Mrs Morris use work realy hard.
Best wishes love from
Keira your blogging pal.
@ Keira,
Great comment, you are a great blogger.
Leaving a comment is great fun, isn’t it?
Great blogging again.
Best Wishes,
Alana
dear 1/2 2km/2kj i really like about your class is that you now evry thing about subtaction. how do you now about subtaction? from tylor.
Hi Tylor,
We don’t know every thing about subtraction. We know a lot about subtraction because we have learned about it for a pretty long time.
From,
Haille
Dear grade 2.
I really like the way you start your math with a white board. What are you going to do next?
from Mikayla from 1/2 W.
@ Mikayla,
Thank you for your comment.
I don’t know what we are going to do next. I will have to wait and see!
Love,
Meg (in 2KJ)
Dear grade 1/2
i really like how you do your subtractions.
what is your favorite subtraction line?
from mana
dear grade 1/2 2km/2kj
I like how you have so much comments.
how do you have so much comments?
I like the way you make challenging games for
vistitors.
I like the way you put jokes on your blog for entertainment for vistittors.
from mrs woodward class
@ Summer,
Thank you for your comment.
We are always so happy to get lots of comments. I think people leave us comments because they like our posts.
Thanks for visiting, hope to hear from you soon!
Love,
Meg (in 2KJ)
TO grade 2
can hlep you My blog? i like the games
from THOMAS
Dear Thomas,
I liked the games too.
Thanks for visiting our class blog.
From,
Haille (in 2KJ)
dear grad 2
i really like your blog because i like hearing a bat your class. how do you make a blog?
i like blogs.
from Alice
Dear Alice,
Thank you for the comment on our classroom blog.
It is a bit tricky to start making your own blog. You need to have your own email address to make your own blog, you need to have a username and password to log on to your dashboard .
From,
Haille (in 2KJ)
@ Mana,
Great comment, I love it.
I don`t know what subtraction line I like.
Love,
Meg (in 2KJ)
Hi Alana,
Thank you for replying to my comment so quickly! In answer to your question, I really like addition the best because I find it much easier! I also use everything I know about addition to help me with my subtraction problems.
Which do you like the best?
I will let you know if I find any good games for you to play.
From Ms Dowling
@ Mrs Dowling,
Thanks for replying to me.
My favourite out of subtraction and addtion is vertical subtraction.What is your favourite out of vertical or Horizontal?
If you found a game for me I would probably play it.
What is your favourite game on this post? My favourite game is fact dash.
I’ll make a list for you. It will start at one and end at four.
1. Fact dash
2. Speed Grid Challenge
3. Number Cruncher and
4. Maths Magic
Thanks for replying to me again.
Best Wishes,
Alana
Dear 2KM and 2KM,
I liked playing the maths games it was very fun!
from,
Bradley
@ Brad,
It’s nice that you left a comment.
The games are fun aren’t they?
My favourite game is fact dash. What is yours?
Best Wishes,
Alana
Dear Alana,
The games are really fun! My favourite game is speed grid challenge.
From,
Bradley