maths topic for week beginning 5th November

This week we are looking at multiplication and ensuring that the pupils understand that it is the same as repeated addition, for example 5+5+5+5= 20 is the same as 5x4. You can help them by practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Pupils can make sets of objects eg put their crayons into bundles of 2, how many have they got altogether? How can they write it? They can also try and solve practical problems eg when shopping, there are 5 plums in the punnet, how many will you have if you buy 3 punnets?