Section outline


  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

      • We are EXPLORING Matariki & Camp Adair as rich contexts for writing fractions as decimals, and fractions as %'s, and vice versa.

      Kia ora 7F2,


      This week we are learning how to express a quantity as a fraction or % of a whole.
      eg. 4/20 or 1/5 or 20% of students were absent from school today.   


      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...
      • Write fractions as decimals, and vice versa
      • Write fractions as %'s, and vice versa
      • Calculate a % of a quantity
             •  Recall my basic + , - , x and ➗ facts

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





      Class Activities:               Number & Statistics

      1.  Students will complete their Numeracy Ninja 'Do Now' Task.  Mark as a class. 

      2. Ludi 'Speed Test'

      3.  Revision tasks from AWS Number resource book: AWS Level 4 Task 18 'Expressing a quantity as a fraction or % of a whole.'

      4.  Marking, discussion and exercise book-check.  

      Homework:   

      Thank you for completing your 'fractions, decimals and %' conversions' and 'Number Revision' tasks on Maths Buddy to reinforce our class learning this week.  You also have received one 'Weekly Revision' task.  The purpose of this revision activity is to keep revising the wider strands beyond Number and Algebra to maintain past learning eg Geometry & Measurements, + Statistics & Probability.