Oral and mental activity in the teaching and learning of mathematics

Below is a document containing a table listing the six Rs in the first column - those six aspects of children's learning that oral and mental work can support. Across the first row is a list of the seven strands used to structure the objectives in the Primary Framework for mathematics. Use the table to review how you build the different aspects of oral and mental work into your mathematics teaching and where there may be some areas where the opportunity to incorporate oral and mental work might be strengthened. Use the six Rs to help you assess the balance of the oral and mental activity used to support children's learning.