MathematicsPrimary 3

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)

• Enrichment - Mathematics Olympiad Training (Term 3)

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

Husna has 4500 paper cranes. Jerry has 350 more paper cranes than Husna. Shu Ying has 679 more paper cranes than Jerry. How many paper cranes does Shu Ying have?

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 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)

Primary 3Time Task 1 (Term 1)Time Task 2 (Term 3)

Milestone check No weighting

Primary 3Semestral Assessment 1

(Term 2)Weighting : 40%

Primary 3Semestral Assessment 2

(Term 4)Weighting : 60%

Primary 3Semestral Assessments

(SAs)Format

P3 Maths SA Paper Format