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  • Kia ora...

    Around the World in 80 Days

    Welcome back to Term 3. 

    My name is Mrs. Lindsay and I will be continuing your maths journey.
    My contact details are alindsay@mhjc.school.nz

    Our topic this term will allow us to explore different ways and strategies of measuring objects and experiences. Although it's always nice to the get correct "answer" we will also focus on "how" we got there- is there an easier or faster way to do the same thing? As they say, its all about the journey, not the destination!


    Achievement objectives 

    GM4-3 Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.

    Learning Intention 

    Apply measurement techniques in everyday life


    Solo Level and verbs 

    One 

    Name, identify, tell, recall, classify, do a simple procedure

    Two 

    Describe, list, enumerate, combine, do algorithms

    Three

    Compare/contrast, explain, causes, effects, integrate, analyse, relate, apply

    Four 

    Evaluate, theorise, generalise, hypothesise, reflect, generate


    -tell the area of a given picture 

    -count the number of squares to identify the area of the shape 

    -Find an approximation of the area

    -create a square meter from a newspaper and use to make an estimation of an area

    -Find areas of the rectangle

    -find the areas of composite shapes using rectangles and squares 

    -calculate areas of the triangles 

    - Use triangle areas in a composite shape

    - Find the area of a parallelogram 

    -Convert units of measurement 



     




    -investigate making rectangles using shapes such as kite, parallelogram, trapezium and rhombus 

    -Identifying faces to calculate the surface area Calculate the volume of different shapes  


    investigate volumes in life 


    Activities:

    1. Area calculations 

    Further Learning:
    Paint the wall challenge