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Description:

Book Two - Number: Applications

Includes information on specific learning difficulties, as well as activities on:

• Skill drills
• Greater than / less than values
• Money skills, including making up amounts, ordering cost prices and working out change
• Fractions - identifying up to 1/12, equivalent fractions, ordering and adding simple fractions
• Estimation

Also available in the series - Book One: Number: Written Calculations, Book Three: Chance and Data; Measurement and Space

This homework series has been created for classroom teachers and parents with students of a range of abilities taken into consideration. The focus will be on reinforcement of the basics in math, as well as activities aimed at developing understanding of classroom activities in mathematics. It is sometimes difficult to locate materials suitable for homework activities in the area of specific learning difficulties. Some homework is designed to cover a broad range of topics on one page . making it confusing for some students to read and answer. Some homework activities are not linked to classroom work and do not include examples or answers which enable parents to support their child's learning. Students with Specific Learning Difficulties experience a range of problems with their academic learning. These aspects include:

• Difficulties with word recognition and comprehension
• Coping with pages that are too cluttered and with too many differing requirements
• Being unable to sequence, recall and apply strategies in abstract situations
• Striving to process formation while working to meet deadlines
• Having trouble with personal organization with their schoolwork.