Choose one A, B or C route when your teacher asks. The other routes are for another day or home; there is no need to finish all three at once. You may point, move labels, draw, speak, sign, type, use AAC or direct someone else's hands. An adult may read the words. These locations and stock counts are made up for mathematics practice.
Map A · imaginary community courtyard
This is a view from above. Hold the title at page top: page top is up, not necessarily real north. Columns A–E run left to right; rows 1–5 run top to bottom. A named square has a landmark; an empty square is open space. “Directly” means one square away in the named direction. “In the same row/column” may be farther away.
| Row ↓ / Column → | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entrance | open | notice board | open | water point |
| 2 | open | tool shed | open | shade tree | open |
| 3 | garden bed | open | meeting mat | open | art wall |
| 4 | open | compost | open | seats | open |
| 5 | exit | open | storage | open | recycling |
The map helps with position. It does not show exact distance, height or a safe real-world route.
Day 11 · Read a view
- A · storage search. Give the full cell labels for storage and notice board. How do you know they share a column?
- B · recycling team. Name two different landmarks in column E and give their row numbers. Tell a friend why just “column E” is not one exact place.
- C · top-view sketch. Put garden bed and meeting mat in the correct squares of a blank 5 × 5 grid. Label both. Tell where garden bed is relative to meeting mat.
Day 12 · Say the reference
- A · tree and mat. Where is shade tree D2 relative to meeting mat C3? Include both row and column movement.
- B · shed and compost. Where is tool shed B2 relative to compost B4? Is it directly above? Explain the word “directly”.
- C · wall and bed. Place tokens on art wall E3 and garden bed A3. Describe where art wall is relative to garden bed. Then reverse the reference and describe garden bed.
Day 13 · Make the view
Use a new 3 × 3 grid with A–C across and 1–3 down. Name every symbol so someone else can read it.
- A · reading hub. Put hub in the centre. Put water directly above hub. Put art directly right of hub. Make your plan and ask someone to test each clue.
- B · little garden. Put quiet spot at A2. Put plant directly above quiet spot. Put books directly right of quiet spot. Make a clear key.
- C · fair corner. Put recycling at C3. Put bench directly left of recycling. Put gate directly above bench. Draw or place the three labels and check every relation.
Day 14 · Test and repair
- A · direction editor. A note says, “Water point E1 is left of notice board C1.” Test it on Map A. Keep the first note and write a corrected note.
- B · one small word. A note says, “Seats D4 are directly below shade tree D2.” Which part is true? Which word makes it inaccurate? Repair it.
- C · missing key. Draw a three-landmark 3 × 3 mini-plan for a fictional study corner, but first give it to a partner without a key. Record what the partner cannot tell; then add a key so the layout is readable. Keep both versions.
Day 15 · Later practice, after the check
- A · two ways to locate. Give both a cell label and a relative-landmark description for compost B4.
- B · map designer. On a blank 3 × 3 grid, put a table at centre, a door left of it and a window below it. Ask a friend to place the three labels from your words alone.
- C · map critic. Write a true and a false statement about two landmarks on Map A. Ask someone to test both and repair the false one.
Week 4 · Stock cards with the same total in different groups
TT = ten-thousands, Th = thousands, H = hundreds, T = tens, O = ones. The usual five-place order is TT, Th, H, T, O. An exchange does not add or remove things: one TT becomes ten Th; one H becomes ten T; one T becomes ten O. Use place cards, drawings or number sentences to prove your total. The stock counts below are fictional and do not involve real spending.
Day 16 · Same count, new groups
- A · maker cards. A fictional maker group has 21 408 blank cards. Show its usual five places, including every zero place. Open one ten-thousand into thousands. Record the new grouping and a sum to check the total.
- B · garden labels. A pretend garden has 35 071 printed labels. Show the usual groups; open one ten-thousand. Explain what stayed the same.
- C · reading tokens. A library game uses 18 205 tokens. Show the usual groups and then open its ten-thousand. Show how a number sentence checks the new form.
Day 17 · Zero and order
- A · poster bundles. Compare 40 205 and 40 250. Build or draw their five places. Which is greater? Name the first place that differs.
- B · sports counters. Compare 60 012 and 60 120. Where do the zeros hold places, and which count is greater? Explain without judging by the last digit alone.
- C · art cards. Compare 42 050 and 42 500. Choose one and open a ten-thousand into thousands; prove the total still matches its numeral.
Day 18 · Add by place
- A · blank bookmarks. A fictional library has 234 blank bookmarks and makes 189 more. Estimate, then use H/T/O groups to find the total. Where did an exchange occur? Give the unit.
- B · plant-picture cards. A garden game has 367 cards and adds 158. Estimate, show the regrouping and check whether the exact total is reasonable.
- C · display tags. A maker exhibit has 408 blank tags and adds 176. Show how zero tens in 408 is handled. Give a model and a check.
Day 19 · Subtract and check
- A · art squares. From 804 paper squares, 376 are used. How many remain? Exchange groups or count up; check your answer by addition.
- B · garden markers. A fictional store has 730 markers; 284 are set aside. How many are left? Explain what happens at the zero ones place.
- C · reading slips. A box has 612 slips; 275 are taken. How many stay? Choose a model, name the unit and give a checking equation.
Day 20 · Later practice, after the check
- A · music cards. Show 52 610 as five usual place groups. Open one ten-thousand and prove the same amount remains.
- B · blank badges. From 508 pretend badges, 179 are used. Show a regrouping or count-up path and check by addition.
- C · stock comparer. Compare 38 407 and 38 470 by the first differing place. Then choose one to rename using a ten-thousand-to-thousands exchange.
Ask yourself: “Can another person use only my labels, groups and explanation to check my work?” If not, add the missing reference point, key, place name or number sentence.