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Yr 1 homework

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Shaxx · 01/10/2010 18:22

Today ds1 brought home homework which is a adding up pictures of coins. There are 12 questions.
no. 7 is a 50p, a 20p, a 1p, a 2p, a5p and 10p.
All the questions are like that though some only have 4 coins.

Is this an appropriate level for yr1? Or is my ds not very clever?

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thisisyesterday · 01/10/2010 18:25

ds1 is in year 1 ad i don't think he'd be able to do that without quite a lot of help

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Shaxx · 01/10/2010 18:29

I thought they were only adding 2 numbers at the moment!
Ds1 can't do it.

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pinayangel0912 · 01/10/2010 18:29

was you told you had to offer assistance or let your child do it themself?? I havent experience yet, ace just started reception and doesnt have anything yet... i think if you help you child then they will be able to do it.. but only with help...

Runoutofideas · 01/10/2010 18:37

My yr1 dd has been doing money at school too. She doesn't get specific homework but they have asked us to play with money and adding up various coins with them. I would help him with his homework and then put a note on it as to the extent of the help, so that the teacher is aware. FWIW I help in dd's class and there is a huge range of ability which is considered normal. I would guess that around 3/4 of the class would need help with that homework so I wouldn't worry.

Whocantakeasunrise · 01/10/2010 18:47

I have just asked my Y1 child, who supposedly, is a mathematical genius (according to the Ed Psych, although dyslexic with literacy), and he did it but it took him a few minutes to work out, whereas with normal work for this age range he does it in seconds.

Therefore I would say this is stretching work for Y1, and certainly not average Y1 work.

My very humble opinion!!

julybutterfly · 01/10/2010 18:50

DS could do that but he's in the top group with some year 2's. Have they given the same homework to the whole class? Maybe your DS has been given the wrong homework sheet?

Are you sure he can't do it or hasn't he even looked at it yet?

If it's too hard let his teacher know

julybutterfly · 01/10/2010 18:53

Oh just a thought. Can your DS count in 10's? If not maybe you could do that bit for him and get him to do the odd coins?

Runoutofideas · 01/10/2010 18:55

Yep - I agree. It's not easy for them. I just asked my dd to do it (she's in the top group in her class) and she got a bit stuck adding 5p onto the 73p - she did it once I suggested she used her fingers, but left to her own devices she would not have got the right answer on her first attempt.

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Shaxx · 01/10/2010 20:02

I've done the first 6 with him and he's done them but with help. He was ok adding the 5ps to the 1ps and 2ps but got a bit confused when the 10,20 and 50 came into it.
He can count in tens but I don't think he's covered counting more than 2 numbers in school yet.
Last weeks homework was so basic (adding say, 1 triangle to 2 triangles) and they suddenly get this

Those of you with dcs who can do this, do you give them any extra coaching? I do a little which is mostly reinforcing what he's already done but I'm wondering now if I should be doing a bit more.

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julybutterfly · 01/10/2010 20:15

I don't coach DS but he's always loved doing math workbooks so I buy those quite often. I did test him to see if he could do the sum you gave in your original post just to see and he did it within 10 seconds. He's just him though and I didn't realise it wasn't 'normal' for him to do that!

Maybe have a word with his teacher and ask if they've been doing it at school? It seems a bit of leap from what you say he was doing last week!

julybutterfly · 01/10/2010 20:16

I think it's fine for you to be helping him by the way. It's nice to do it together and he knows then that he can ask you rather than try and struggle on his own.

pointythings · 01/10/2010 20:43

My DD did this kind of thing in Yr 1 but she is better at maths than I ever was at that age - I'd say it is stretching them. Not a bad thing, and I think parental support is OK as long as you don't do it for them.

AlgebraKnocksItUpANotchBAM · 01/10/2010 21:26

no idea about what level it is, but when I'm adding coins I always do the bigger numbers first e.g. 10 + 20 = 30, then + 6 = 36, it's much easier than the other way round IME!

also can you try actually giving him the same coins to add them up physically?

hillyhilly · 01/10/2010 22:40

My DD doesn't get any maths homework and I have not seen or been able to get from her, any evidence of doing maths in school, although there is a play shop with money in the classroom.
She is a very bright girl but there is no way she would be able to tackle the work you have described, she is still fiding it quite difficult to read numbers above 10, never mind add them

Whocantakeasunrise · 01/10/2010 22:55

No extra coaching here - actually yesterday I posted a thread, as my ds has managed to get his teachers to stop sending homework home!!

Maths is just there for him, but English is not.

magicmummy1 · 02/10/2010 01:42

my dd would be able to do this quite easily, but then, she did go through a rather obsessive phase of counting up the money in her piggy bank. :) definitely no coaching though!

I would guess that the teacher is differentiating the homework and that this same worksheet won't have gone home with all of the children. If you feel it's way too difficult, have a word with the teacher.

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