Adverbs, Bearings & LCM Word Problems
I had an interesting online session yesterday. It began fairly easily .... the student was prepared, engaged, and ready to work through a national curriculum topic that was age appropriate.
And that's when the problem started. Within a few minutes it became very clear that the knowledge required to be able to move forward, just wasn't there. A whole topic had vanished - as if it had never been taught at school.
On further investigation we now need to take a step backwards, work through the missing pieces, and then start again. Although, as the student becomes more confident with this topic I'll be mindful of roadblocks in the future. So just a thought ... revision isn't just for exams, it should be a continual process throughout the year.
Key Stage 2 (2nd to 5th Grade)
So, how have your studies been so far? How did you answer that? Did you use an 'adverb?'
An adverb is a word that tells us how, when or where something is done. As an example 'the lady walked quickly.' Quickly tells us how she was walking.
Can you create some interesting sentences using the following adverbs?
Easily Badly Happily Sweetly Early Brightly Softly Loudly Quickly Gently Angrily Correctly
Key Stage 3 (6th to 8th Grade)
I hope you enjoyed last week's 'forming an equation.'
This time we're looking at 'bearings.' Super important if you've ever been in a car, ship, aeroplane, lost in a city, taking a walk ....
Key Stage 4 (9th and 10th Grade)
HCF & LCM questions are generally taught using a combination of 'factor trees' and 'venn diagrams.' They can be quite theoretical .... but what about when they are applied to real life situations?
Can you use your skills to answer these questions?
Have a great week
Simon D
PS. And finally, many English words have changed their meaning over time - for example, 'awful' used to mean 'inspiring wonder' and was a short version of 'full of awe.'