T1 Week 3 (17 Feb - 23 Feb)

Context: He waka eke noa - A Canoe On Which Everyone May Embark

Sub context - Turanawaewae - a place to stand/my homeground

Big ideas:

The focus of our context is a learning journey that we are all embarking on. Each of us have our own unique experiences, skills and abilities which we will bring to our learning in Maths. We will be looking learn aspects of maths that will be used in other curriculum areas and also focus on your learning next steps as evident from your e-asttle learning pathway.  Topics that could possibly integrate with other learning areas.

• Position and orientation - relating to voyages - colonial and pacific
• Number strategies - order of operations, fractions/decimals/percentages.
• Measurement of distances -conversions, time,  distance/speed/time
• Use of Trigonometry & Pythogrean calculations to find heights and distances

Learning Intentions:

• Reviewing our understanding of Number strategies
• Introduction to Trigonometry and Pythagros calculation.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• use pythagros method for calculating the unknown sides
• differentiate and apply the rules for congruent & similar triangles

Activities:

1. Teacher led activites - Daily maintenance and revision of Number knowledge and strategies
2. Independent activities - Complete activities from Google Classroom, write down a reflection of your learning in your maths book.

Homework:
You will be completing 4 tasks+ 1 weekly revision task on Maths Buddy.  Homwork is reinforcement of concepts already learnt- therefore it should be easy.  If the tasks are too challenging or you haven't learnt, please let me know.  Tasks must be completed by Saturday 8 pm each week.