Section outline

  • Context:


    * Due to the Covid-19 Lockdown (Level 4), school is closed physically, but classes remain active via distant learning online.  The most important aim is to ensure students stay safe and calm and still experience some level of normality during this period of nationally enforced self-isolation.

    * Using Google Meet as our online lesson platform; instructions have been given to students and some time is expected for the new format of routine and expectations to be established.


    MHJC Learning Framework Step:


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on Compatible Numbers strategies so that we can develop mental addition and subtraction skill.
    • We are FOCUSING on the definition and concept of integers so that we can develop the understanding of negative numbers.
    • We are FOCUSING on integers so that we can develop the confidence in adding and subtracting both positive and negative integers.


    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • add and subtract integers; both positive and negative integers
    • mentally work out addition/subtraction problems using the compatible numbers strategy


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • mentally work out the answer of addition/subtraction problems using compatible numbers
    • grasp the concept of integers, especially negative numbers
    • confidently and accurately add and subtract integers


    Activities:

    • Foci: Adding & Subtracting Integers, Compatible Numbers add/sub mental strategies
    • BrainPop video, quiz, and worksheet on Adding & Subtracting Integers
    • Catch up & review learning tasks from previous weeks

    Resources:




    Homework:

    • Complete BrainPop video, quiz, and worksheet on Adding & Subtracting Integers
    • Complete Compatible Numbers Add/Sub strategy exercises posted on Google Classroom
    • Review or catch up with unfinished class learning tasks
    • Continue to practise mental calculation skill with the newly-introduced maths games Sum Product Difference