e- Skills Drill - Number Bonds (Addition and Subtraction)

Emulates the classroom process of both learning and one to one testing of number bond skills without any paperwork or administration
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Number Bonds (Addition and Subtraction) Learning Software. 96 comprehensive modules with unlimited worksheets, unlimited questions mapped to the curriculum and identified by level descriptors. Questions marked, individual and class progress reports show scores and time taken. The software has been designed to take the students through from Year 2-6.

Features:

Ninety six modules supported by eight exciting and establshed methods

- Counting On in 10's, 100's and 1000's
- Multiple Choice addition in number groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60.....5000
- Addition in number groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80.......5000
- Missing numbers in groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80.......5000
- Counting Back in 10's, 100's and 1000's
- Multiple Choice subtraction in number groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60.....5000
- Subtraction in number groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80.......5000
- Subtraction Missing numbers in groups from 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80.......5000

Each of these eight methods is supported by unlimited worksheets which generate unlimited questions. No marking, no paperwork, no administration.

Reporting:
Individual Progress Reports:
- Bar charts: Score and Time Takes for each module.
Class Progress Reports:
- Class score
- Curriculum level descriptions for each module

Incentive Certificates:
- On completeion of each module: Gold, Silver Bronze certificate
- Certificate of excellence on gaining Gold in all the sub-modules

Key Objectives and Learning Outcomes

The software meets the following Key Objectives and Learning Outcomes of the National Numeracy Strategy:
Year 2:
- Know by heart all addition and subtraction for each number to at-least 10
- Use knowledge that addition can be done in any order to do mental calculations more efficiently.
Year 3
- Count on or back in 10's or 100's from any two or three digit number
- Know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20
Year 4
- Use known number facts to add or subtract mentally, including any pair of two-digit whole numbers.
- Counting on or back in 10's, 100's and 1000's
- Carry out addition and subtraction of two integers less than 1000, and addition of more than two such integers
- Use mental or written methods to find mising numbers
- Know with rapid recall, addition and subtraction facts
Year 5
- Calculate mentally a difference such as 8006-2993
- Carry out addition and subtraction of positive integers less than 10,000
- Use mental or written methods to find mising numbers
- Know with rapid recall, addition and subtraction facts
Year 6
- Use mental or written methods to find mising numbers
- Know with rapid recall, addition and subtraction facts

Age Range: 6-11 Ideal for KS1 and KS2

Evaluation Copy

Try before you buy. Ask for an evaluation copy or for a numeracy consultant to visit your school. Call our Hotline: 0203-113-2066 or e-mail to JellyJames

How to use this software?

Teachers are using the software within many schools once a concept has been taught. This then allows the student to consolidate and practise skills and further provides instant feedback to the teacher of the class performance.

The software is highly robust and versatile where the whole school can be logged onto the system. It allows selection of each class and the students simply click on their names saving classroom log-in time. This allows the students to start working on the skills straight away.

The school can also take a strategic view of the progress of all students and identify groups of students having common areas of challenges.

Benefits:

This software is underpinned by an Integrated Learning System which can save the teacher the following time and resources.

1. Marking Time -The questions are randomly generated, marked and gives the teacher more direct classroom time.
2. Rapid assessment feedback, informs both the child and the teacher of the areas of difficulties straight away. You need not send data away for feedback. It is instantaneous! The system manages the learning process, by marking the responses for each unit, provides verbal feedback on performance, bar graph feedback for each student and further gives the teacher an overall summary of the performance of all logged users.
3. Logging Progress - Individual and all logged User progress. These can be printed in various modes and by simply printing individual records the teacher has a summary of the class progress. The teacher does not have to export or import data from other packages.
4. Generating new questions - The system generates random questions and therefore there isn't the need to write out new questions and then photocopy the questions. Save on preparation time, paper and resources.
5. Once Only Log-in of all the users. The Users are transferred year on year by simply changing the teachers code. The teacher does not have to log each student again.

The benefits to the process of classroom learning and administration:

• Testing and learning through 8modules which are supported by 96 sub-modules.
• Quickly test a number bond skill and gain instant feedback.
• Saves administrative time, printing Addition and Subtraction sheets
• Number Bond competency helps in Mental Arithmetic, Problem Solving and Mechanical Maths
• Feedback is logged and allows quick target setting.
• Saves administrative time setting questions.
• Gives instant feedback.
• The student can view his/her progress through a bar chart that informs him/her of the percentage score and the time taken to complete the worksheet.
• Teacher can gauge the class progress through the "All Users" page at any time.
• Teacher can print awards of attainment (An award of excellence certificate can also be printed if the student gains Gold awards for all the sub modules.
• 96 comprehensive modules that supports the National Curriculum and takes each student through from Year 2 to Year 6.
• The software provides instant feedback, unlimited random questions, unlimited worksheets for every module, scores, bar graphs, level descriptors and an administration system that generates a comprehensive report of the attainments for each child in the school or class.
• Unlimited worksheets with fresh random questions. This means the student can keep on practising the particular addition or subtraction skill on fresh new worksheets with new questions each time.
• No photocopying,no marking, no administration. Save time and school resources
• The teacher is in control of the student's progression.
• Once the students names have been entered, their names do not need to be re-entered again.
• Differentaites the work of every pupil in the school.
• The teacher can enter or delete names. Allows testing every single day supported by unlimited worksheets.
• As the cohort progresses, you do not need to re-enter the names. Simply change the teacchers name and the class list becomes available.
• The software is highly robust and versatile and the whole school can be logged onto the system
• Student can view his/her progress through a bar chart that informs the pupil of the percentage score and the time taken to complete the exercise.
• Teacher can gauge the class progress through the "All Users" page at any time.
• Bronze, silver and gold certificates to ensure motivaton. This is a teacher controlled feature.
• An award of Excellence certificate can also be printed if the student gains Gold awards for all the Number Bonds in a sub module.
• The school can also take a strategic view of the progress of all students and identify groups of students having common areas of challenges.
• Use the software, this year, next year and forever!

Case Study

How is the Software used at Rustington Primary?

At Rustington Primary School, the use of the computer is encouraged all day, and children in Jonathan Paines class, log onto the JellyJames software everyday. Jonathan has set a classroom system where at specific times, the first child on the register, works through the skills required at his/her level, gains feedback and the second child then logs on. By the end of the day, the whole class has had practice on the skills (Times-tables, Clock or Number Bonds). Further, the learning sequence built into the system, enables the pupil to know when to move onto the next skill which is set by the desired expectation that Jonathan has set for each of his pupil.