Term 1: Week 4

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING Matariki as a rich context for understanding place value
• We are EXPLORING Matariki as a rich context for reading and writing large numbers
• We are EXPLORING Matariki as a rich context for rounding and multiplying/dividing by 10, 100 and 100
• We are EXPLORING Matariki as a rich context for ordering decimals and estimation involving money

Best wishes for your Student-Led Conferences this week. 

Whakataukī: “He waka eke noa!”
Metaphorical: A waka we are all in together. We rise together, fall together, work together and keep going together!
Literal: Working in unity and leaving no-one behind.

Authentic Outcomes:  Matariki, Stardome Observatory and Camp Adair.

Success Criteria:  I can...
• Identify place, face and total value
• Understand and 'read' large numbers
• Identify how many tenths, tens, hundreds, and thousands are in whole numbers
• Apply my knowledge of place value to add decimals. 
• Order decimals
• Recall my basic + , - , x and ➗ facts

Do Now:  Numeracy Ninjas
Mental Strategies, Timetables and Key Skills revision. 

Class Activities:   Number
1.  Students will sit in their new Maths Groups to complete a Teacher-focus session (T), follow-up practice activity (P) and a context-based investigation (I). 

2.  Fibonacci, Newton and Pythagoras groups complete 7F1's class rotation across their 3 lessons:

Teacher Instruction = easTTLe consol report into exercise books, Matariki intro, then Ordering Decimals
Practice = Ordering Decimals, AWS L3, Task 9, Creating Decimals Task 10 & 11
Investigation = Matariki Bar Challenge

3.  Continue focus on learning to read a easTTLe console report to diagnose learning 'gaps' and 'next steps'...

Homework:   
Please complete your set Maths Buddy homework tasks by Sunday evening.  If you have completed your assigned activities please do extra practice on your Ludi timetables programme.