Wisdom from Dr Suess
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
There is no one alive who is you-er than you! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. The more tha you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
Use your knuckles to help you remember.
The letter ‘Q’ is always followed by ‘U’ and it makes the sound ‘kw’
For example: ‘quick’, ‘quiet’ and ‘queen’
Area: measured in squared units (e.g. m^2)
Volume: measured in cubed units (e.g. m^3)
Can you see the connection?
2D: units to the power of 2
3D: units to the power of 3
Teacher’s Tips – Multiplying Large Numbers
If you have a large number to multiply and one of the numbers is even, you can easily subdivide to get the answer:
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32 x 125, is the same as:
16 x 250, is the same as:
8 x 500, is the same as:
4 x 1000 = 4.000
Teacher’s Tip
We drop the silent e from words when we add an ending beginning with a vowel. We keep it when we add an ending beginning with a consonant.
(excite-exciting and excitable but keep the e to become excitement)
There are some exceptions. Here are a few: words ending with -ee, -oe, -ye, -ge, -ce
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agree-agreeing
canoe-canoeist
dye-dyeing
manage-manageable
Multiplication hints and tricks
Six Rules
If you multiply six by an even number, it will end in the same digit.
6 x 4 = 24
the number in the tens place will be half of the number in the ones place.
How to spell words with ie or ei:
When the sound is ee
it’s i before e
except after c
For example, ‘believe’ has the sound ‘ee‘ so its i before e. ‘Receive’ has the sound ee but it is after a c, so it is e before i. Words like ‘weight’and ‘height’ don’t make the sound ee, so the rule doesn’t apply.
Subtractions can be tricky so here is a little poem and help them understand.
