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Explaining Mathematical Reasoning
With teacher prompting, explain and justify mathematical reasoning using drawings, number sentences, or words
Typical age: 6–7 years
“If you ask your child "how did you work that out?", can they show you with a drawing or explain their steps in simple words?”
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Needs first
- Showing Your WorkingREQUIRED
Age 6-7 explaining with diagrams/logic builds on age 5-6 showing and telling with objects
- What the equals sign means
Determining whether equations are true/false exercises evaluating and justifying
- Addition in any order
Justifying why a+b=b+a exercises logical mathematical argument