INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING MINI HTU CARDS.MYW


1.  If you are reading this using Windows Notepad, make sure you have activated Word Wrap (from the Edit menu).


2.  The file MINI HTU CARDS.MYW requires My World version 3.  If you haven't got this then you are missing out on a excellent package which can be used right across the primary curriculum.  
    You can find further details at
		www.dialsolutions.com


3.  Download or copy the file to the location where you keep all of your My World screens and then load the screen in the same way that you load others that you use (there are several different ways of loading My World screens; see the My World Help facility for further details).


4.  The screen is designed to run with a screen resolution of 800x600 or higher.  If you are only using 640x480 then you will have to do a lot of scrolling left/right and up/down.
    Like all My World screens, it can be made to fill the whole screen (CTRL-F to toggle this on and off) but things are slower and not so smooth in full-screen mode.


5.  The screen is primarily for the teacher to use as a teaching aid when focusing on place value 
    e.g. use the cards to show that
    583 = 500 + 80 + 3
    (or to show that 500, 80 and 3 can be combined to make 583)
    Use these HTU Cards in the same way that you use the card or paper equivalents.

    These activities can be extended further to look at strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
    

6.  If you have got access to a large monitor, a video projector or an interactive whiteboard, then the HTU Cards provide a very effective way of demonstrating place value to the whole class.  You could form several numbers on the My World screen in advance and save each one under a different filename.  Then, when you are working with the class, simply load each file as you need it.


7.  Another possibility is to create a several different screens (saving each one under a different filename) each containing various pieces of arithmetic for pupils to complete.  A bank of screens can be quickly built up using various operations and mathched to the pupils' varying abilities.


I hope you find this My World screen useful.
Let me know how you get on.

Richard English
www.numeracysoftware.com
feedback@numeracysoftware.com