Maths Synonyms

Bolstered by my mild success from the basic vocabulary lesson, I decided to try connecting the language of mathematical operations to everyday vocabulary they may already know. The idea was to also expand their vocabulary with related words they may not have already encountered.

In the lesson, learners focused on the core mathematical operations add, subtract, multiply, and divide. In groups, they used beans to demonstrate and explain the actions made by the operations.

The follow up task required learners to make videos demonstrating the meanings of the following words: sum, take, split, count up, remove, withdraw, total, cut, reduce, group, trim, share, tally, decrease. The words and videos were to be organised under the headings of the main operations.