Parents, today we will be learning about the 2 times tables. By this point in the school year, it is likely that your child will have explored the 2 times tables already, and may even know them off by heart. Children will need a safe place to find objects that come in 2s and they will need a piece of paper and something to write with and work out the answers to the questions. You may wish to do this activity with them, so my script is below. If you’d like to take a photograph of your child’s learning, then please send it to the address on the contacts page.
Confident readers should be able to read the below themselves, but you may prefer to use the below as a script. -- One of my favourite stories is the story of Noah and his Ark. Have you ever heard that story? One day, God decided that the world was not how he wanted it to be. It was full of greed and he decided that he wanted to start again. He told a man called Noah that he would soon flood the world with oceans of water. Noah, who was a very kind man indeed, was asked by God to build a gigantic wooden boat called an ark, bigger than the world had ever seen. And Noah did just that. On that ark, he invited two of every animal. And when the flood came down, just as God had promised, the massive ark and all the animals aboard it stayed safe. Just before the flood, Noah’s wife asked him what animals he had aboard. He had a list of animals. Make sure you have something to write with. Write them down with me. 2 ants 2 spiders 2 dogs 2 cats 2 birds 2 rabbits 2 hamsters 2 horses 2 elephants 2 foxes 2 lions 2 tigers Then, Noah’s wife asked him how many animals he had. He spent ages counting each animal one by one. Can you think of a faster way of counting them? That’s right. You can count them using the 2 times tables. He has twelve different types of animal. Count with me: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24. 12 x 2 = 24 Let’s double check by counting backwards in 2s. If we are right, then our last number should be 2. 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 We are correct! Now, draw a big boat shape with enough room for 2 of every animal. Draw your pairs of animals and practise counting them!
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