MathematicsP6 Standard

SINGAPORE MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK

• Sustained Support for Maths (SSM) • Factual Fluency • Note taking• STAR Heuristics Package (STAR Hpack)• Critical Thinking Tasks (CT Tasks)• Visible Thinking Routines (VTR)

Key Department Strategies & Approaches

Sustained Support for Maths (SSM) Activity - based lessons

Factual Fluency

DJO: Self-directed Learner

Note Taking

DJO: Critical Thinker & Self-directed Learner

STAR Heuristics Package

(STAR Hpack)

STAR

• Model Drawing• Draw a diagram• Guess and Check• Before & After concept• Work backwards• Restate the problem in another way• Assumption / Supposition

Types of Heuristics

The total cost of 1 kg of longans and 2 kg of cherries is $10.90. The total cost of 2 kg of longans and 2 kg of cherries is $15.40. What is the cost of 1 kg of longans?

See (What do I Know?)Think (What is my plan?)

Act (What do I need to do?) Relook & Check (Reflect)C

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Can I use Part-Whole Model drawing?Can I use Comparison Model?Can I use Stacking method?Can I act it out?Can I use Guess and Check?Can I use Working Backwards?Can I make a list or draw a table?Other heuristic(s) I can use:

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COURT approach in Checking C – COPY: Copy data correctlyO – OPERATION: Use the correct operationU – UNIT: Write the correct unit in the answerR – REASONABLENESS of answerT – TRANSFER answer correctly onto the

answer space

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DJO: Self-directed Learner

Critical Thinking Tasks

DJO: Critical Thinker

Visible Thinking

Routine (VTR)

P6 StandardContinual Assessment

(Term 1)No weighting

P6 Standard Maths CA Paper Format

P6 StandardSemestral Assessment

(Term 2 )Weighting: 100%

P6 StandardPrelims

(Term 3 )Weighting: 100%

P6 StandardSemestral Assessment ,

Prelims & PSLEFormat

P6 Standard Maths Paper Format