Year 4 written addition using squared paper
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Year 4 written addition using squared paper.
For many years primary school maths teachers have discussed whether to use squared paper or not for written addition, subtraction etc. If you were in school 50 years ago it is very probable that you had a maths book with paper made up of squares. More recently children are expected to work with ordinary lined paper, or even plain paper. Teachers argue that using graph paper or squared paper does not help for developing number concepts. It might keep things neat but when a child puts a 6 in one box, a 5 in the next and a 3 in the next they are just writing 6-5-3 and not six hundred and fifty three.
Others argue that the child is more likely to understand the value of each digit using squared paper, especially if the columns are marked (e.g. H T U). Another argument in favour of squared paper is that it is a help for children who have problems lining things up when writing (e.g. Dysgraphia). This could be very important as written addition and subtraction are now being introduced at an earlier age.
We have both written calculations on plain paper and squared paper. Our most recent sets of worksheets for Year 4 addition have squares to help children lay out the sums correctly.
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Year 4 written addition using squared paper[/caption]
Year 4 written addition using squared paper.
For many years primary school maths teachers have discussed whether to use squared paper or not for written addition, subtraction etc. If you were in school 50 years ago it is very probable that you had a maths book with paper made up of squares. More recently children are expected to work with ordinary lined paper, or even plain paper. Teachers argue that using graph paper or squared paper does not help for developing number concepts. It might keep things neat but when a child puts a 6 in one box, a 5 in the next and a 3 in the next they are just writing 6-5-3 and not six hundred and fifty three.
Others argue that the child is more likely to understand the value of each digit using squared paper, especially if the columns are marked (e.g. H T U). Another argument in favour of squared paper is that it is a help for children who have problems lining things up when writing (e.g. Dysgraphia). This could be very important as written addition and subtraction are now being introduced at an earlier age.
We have both written calculations on plain paper and squared paper. Our most recent sets of worksheets for Year 4 addition have squares to help children lay out the sums correctly.
Go to Year 4 Addition