8W1 Mathematics
Weekly outline
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Learning intentions:
We are learning the classroom rules.
Success Criteria:
- I have written the classroom rules into my book.
Classroom rules:
- Respect and listen to your classmates.
- Respect and listen to the teacher.
- Raise your hand to speak.
- Be prepared for class.
- Be quiet when the teacher is talking.
- Be quiet when classmates are talking.
- Share new ideas.
Consequences:
“Fix what you break”
If you upset someone because you didn’t respect them or their belongings, apologize and try better next time.
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Learning Intentions:
We are learning to ride bikes. Bike course at school.
Success Criteria:
- I have spent time practising bike riding.
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING...number strategies by investigating a range of additive and multiplicative strategies.
- We are EXPLORING...number strategies by investigating a range of multiplication and division facts.
Success Criteria:
- I can use various strategies to solve multiplication problems
- I can draw diagrams and drawings to help me solve problems
- I can use the guess and check method to solve problems
Activities:
- Multiplication worksheet: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/m/NDY4Nzk2NzM3OTc2/details
- Mighty multiplication: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/m/NDcwMzIzODMyMTM0/details
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING...number strategies by investigating a range of additive and multiplicative strategies.
- We are EXPLORING...number strategies by investigating a range of multiplication and division facts.
Success Criteria:
- I can use various strategies to solve multiplication problems
- I can draw diagrams and drawings to help me solve problems
- I can use the guess and check method to solve problems
Activities:
- Problem solving tasks: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDcwMzQ4Nzg2MTcw/details
https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDcwMDE4NTc0ODA4/details
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING...number knowledge by investigating problem solving.
Success Criteria:
- I can use various strategies to solve multiplication problems
- I can draw diagrams and drawings to help me solve problems
- I can use the guess and check method to solve problems
Activities:
- demonstrations of guess and check method of solving problems
- practice using guess and check method
- demonstrations of drawing a diagram method of solving problems
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on statistics by doing an investigation into paper plane flight.
- We are FOCUSING on measurement by investigating how various plane wingspans affect flight length.
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- convert between different units of measurement
- identified a variable to change that could make paper planes fly longer.
- carry out a statistical investigation to find out what makes a paper plane fly the longest.
- estimate lengths
- measure lengths using a measuring tape
- compare my estimate to the actual measurements
Activities:
Measurement: Length and Paper Planes
- making paper planes of various wingspans
- measuring their flight length using tape measures
- practice converting between meters and centimeters, between seconds and minutes.
Test our different paper planes.
Writing results in tables.
Make graphs with data
Extension: try to conduct investigation with speed and accuracy. In report writing, include sources of error and how it could be done differently to reduce these.
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on statistics by doing an investigation into paper plane flight.
- We are FOCUSING on measurement by investigating how various plane wingspans affect flight length.
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- convert between different units of measurement
- identified a variable to change that could make paper planes fly longer.
- carry out a statistical investigation to find out what makes a paper plane fly the longest.
- estimate lengths
- measure lengths using a measuring tape
- compare my estimate to the actual measurements
Estimating various lengths around the classroom
Measuring the lengths using a tape measure
- how accurate were your estimates?
Metric measures codebreaker on Google classroom
Practice worksheet: measuring problems to solve on Google Classroom
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing our knowledge of calculating areas of rectangles, triangles, trapezia, and parallelograms
- We are FOCUSING on measurement and units of measurement
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- calculate the area of rectangles
- calculate the area of triangles
- calculate the perimeter of rectangles
- calculate the perimeter of triangles
- calculate the area of parallelograms
- calculate the area of trapeziums
- calculate the area and perimeter of composite shapes
Activities:
Introduction into how to calculate area of rectangles
Practice questions on "sensible flats" worksheet and "area of rectangles"
Maths bingo
Measurement: area and perimeter worksheets -
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing our knowledge of calculating areas of rectangles, triangles, trapezia, and parallelograms
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- calculate the area of rectangles
- calculate the area of triangles
- calculate the perimeter of rectangles
- calculate the perimeter of triangles
- calculate the area of parallelograms
- calculate the area of trapeziums
- calculate the area and perimeter of composite shapes
Activities:
- how to calculate area of parallelograms
- What goes around pdfs on Google Classroom
- Extension: area and perimeter in algebra
If you finish early: help other students who are struggling.
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing our knowledge of calculating areas of rectangles, triangles, trapezia, and parallelograms
- We are FOCUSING on measurement and units of measurement
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- calculate the area of rectangles
- calculate the area of triangles
- calculate the perimeter of rectangles
- calculate the perimeter of triangles
- calculate the area of parallelograms
- calculate the area of trapeziums
- calculate the area and perimeter of composite shapes
Activities:
- how to calculate area of trapezia: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDk5MTQzMzM5MzAy/details
- Finish calculating area of shapes: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDkzNTM0OTM3NjA1/detailsExtension: parallelograms handout
Area and perimeter Maths Murder Mystery: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDk4ODc1MDI3NzMw/details -
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING on creating a visual depiction of geometric shapes so that we can calculate their areas and perimeters to demonstrate our learning.
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- calculate the area of rectangles
- calculate the area of triangles
- calculate the perimeter of rectangles
- calculate the perimeter of triangles
- calculate the area of parallelograms
- calculate the area of trapeziums
- calculate the area and perimeter of composite shapes
- demonstrate my ability to calculate area and perimeter by creating chocolate packaging of various shapes.
- create artwork of symmetrical shapes
Activities:
- Maths art and geometry: artwork with shapes, snowflake symmetry
- Maths games involving fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication
- building packaging for items of food that involves measurement and geometry
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING on creating a visual depiction of geometric shapes so that we can calculate their areas and perimeters to demonstrate our learning.
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- calculate the area of rectangles
- calculate the area of triangles
- calculate the perimeter of rectangles
- calculate the perimeter of triangles
- calculate the area of parallelograms
- calculate the area of trapeziums
- calculate the area and perimeter of composite shapes
- demonstrate my ability to calculate area and perimeter by creating chocolate packaging of various shapes.
- create artwork of symmetrical shapes
Activities:
- practice worksheets for calculating area of trapeziums: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NTEwNzc4MzMwNjk3/details
- making posters with geometric shapes that have been drawn with rulers and compasses and cut out with accuracy.
- calculating the areas of the shapes on our posters.
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING water safety by reading rips and looking at drowning data.
- We are EXPLORING orienteering by reading maps and coordinates.
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on skills to survive in the water.
- We are FOCUSING on creating tables and graphs from data written up by Water Safety NZ
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- generate investigative questions about drowning data.
- interpret data from tables made by others.
- use information written by Drowning Report on 2021 data to create tables and graphs
- use the 2021 drowning data to write a short statistical report on drowning
Activities:- brainstorming investigative questions about drowning data from Water Safety NZ: https://drowningreport2020.watersafety.org.nz/
- analysing data tables made by Water Safety NZ and creating our own
- constructing graphs with the data from our tables
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- We are PLANNING to write a short statistical report on drowning data from 2021 so that we can promote water safety.
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
Success Criteria:
- generate investigative questions about drowning data.
- interpret data from tables made by others.
- use information written by Drowning Report on 2021 data to create tables and graphs
- use the 2021 drowning data to write a short statistical report on drowning
Activities:
- analysing drowning data from 2021 written by Water Safety NZ and creating our own data tables from it
- constructing graphs with the data from our tables
- writing conclusions
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING survival in a zombie apocalypse by investigating area and perimeter of various shapes
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can convert between mm, cm, m and km
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Problem solving tasks on Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NTIxMTk1NTUzNzY5/details
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING survival in a zombie apocalypse by investigating area and perimeter of various shapes
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can convert between mm, cm, m and km
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Education Perfect task on Finding the Unknown Side of a Composite Shape and Finding the Perimeter of a Shape with an Unknown Side: https://app.educationperfect.com/app/dashboard/homework/6526530
- Geometric art task on Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NDk1NzYyNjE2MTA4/details
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing our skills at doing scale drawings
- We are FOCUSING on developing our skills at reading and listing bearings and grid coordinates
- We are FOCUSING on discussing units of measurement
- We are FOCUSING on evaluating how to convert between units of measurement
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can convert between mm, cm, m and km
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Draw your dream bedroom with everything in the bedroom (bed, cupboard, bedside cabinets) all to scale
- Connect the Dots: reading the coordinates given to you and using them to make crosses on a cartesian plane, then connecting the crosses to make a drawing
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing our skills at doing scale drawings
- We are FOCUSING on developing our skills at reading and listing bearings and grid coordinates
- We are FOCUSING on discussing units of measurement
- We are FOCUSING on evaluating how to convert between units of measurement
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Connect the Dots: reading the coordinates given to you and using them to make crosses on a cartesian plane, then connecting the crosses to make a drawing
- Zombie Riddle: how to get a group of people across a bridge with certain parameters within a certain time
- Converting between units of measurement worksheet on Google Classroom
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to design a shape of a cookie box that zombies will not eat
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Making observations on a cookie box that will be given to you in groups (this box WILL be eaten by zombies)
- Creating a plan for a box with a different area but with a similar or smaller paper size that will fit a specific number of cookies
- Testing and peer reviewing our box plans to see if zombies would eat our cookies by calculating area of box and shape of final box created
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to design a shape of a cookie box that zombies will not eat
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies
- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Making observations on a cookie box that will be given to you in groups (this box WILL be eaten by zombies)
- Creating a plan for a box with a different area but with a similar or smaller paper size that will fit a specific number of cookies
- Testing and peer reviewing our box plans to see if zombies would eat our cookies by calculating area of box and shape of final box created
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REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING on review our learning on geometry and measurement by critiquing our cookie box constructions
- We are REFLECTING on our learning by creating a new prototype for our cookie box
Success Criteria:
- I can understand the area and square metre of different shapes
- I can calculate the area of parallelograms
- I can calculate the area of trapezia
- I can calculate the perimeter and side of shapes with an unknown side
- I can create geometric art using my knowledge of different shapes
- I can use grid coordinates to create drawings
- I can use bearings to follow and create mazes
- I can do a drawing that is to scale
- I can use specific parameters to create a shape for a box that is abhorrent to zombies- I can critique mine and others’ cookie box creations and give constructive feedback
- I can use constructive feedback to improve my cookie box plan
Activities:
- Creating our boxes using our plan and then giving them to a friend to critique
- When you get given a friend's cookie box plan, calculate its area and the amount of paper used and give them constructive criticism on how to improve their plan
- Use the constructive criticism you get given to make changes to your plan
- Creating a poster to display our final cookie box design
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING how to use fractions in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING how to use decimals in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING how to calculate the probability of dice throws, spinners, and coin tosses.
Success Criteria: I can/have:- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- fractions prior knowledge quiz
- order fractions from lowest to highest using coloured rods
- coloured rod fractions worksheet on Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NTM3NTA2ODYzMTI5/details
Extension: adding/subtracting and multiplying/dividing fractions worksheets on Google Classroom -
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on how to add and subtract fractions.
- We are FOCUSING on addition and subtraction of decimals
- We are FOCUSING on multiplication and division of decimals by 10, 100, 1000s
- We are FOCUSING on transforming both the denominators by using knowledge of multiples to solve fraction addition and subtraction with different denominators
- We are FOCUSING on calculating the probability of teams winning different games
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- Fractions worksheet on GC: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NTM3NzAzODA3MzIz/details
- fraction maze
- multiplying and dividing fractions
- Fractions games:
- equivalent fractions bingo
- forming fractions from ones, tenths, hundredths and thousandths
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING how to use fractions in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING how to use decimals in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING calculating the probability of dice throws, spinners, and coin tosses.
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- Decimals Mighty Maths worksheet: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/m/NTI2MzE1MjEzNzEw/details
- measuring our heights and comparing it to Scott Barrett (1.98m tall) --> what do the heights mean and how can we convert from cm to m and vice versa?
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on how to add and subtract fractions.
- We are FOCUSING on addition and subtraction of decimals
- We are FOCUSING on multiplication and division of decimals by 10, 100, 1000s
- We are FOCUSING on transforming both the denominators by using knowledge of multiples to solve fraction addition and subtraction with different denominators
- We are FOCUSING on calculating the probability of teams winning different games
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- Gentle Giants worksheet on GC: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDU3ODY2Njg5ODI0/a/NTM4ODg4MTExOTkx/details
- Finishing worksheets from last week
- adding all the heights of our team members in class to get the total height of our team members
- using this total to calculate the average height of each team
- Decimals Education Perfect task
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING how to use fractions in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING how to use decimals in the context of the commonwealth games in a problem solving situation
- We are EXPLORING calculating the probability of dice throws, spinners, and coin tosses.
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- experimental probability worksheet on GC
- throwing dice and recording results in a table: using this data to calculate experiment probability of throwing certain numbers
- flipping coins and recording results in a table: using this data to calculate experiment probability of flipping heads or tails
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on how to add and subtract fractions.
- We are FOCUSING on addition and subtraction of decimals
- We are FOCUSING on multiplication and division of decimals by 10, 100, 1000s
- We are FOCUSING on transforming both the denominators by using knowledge of multiples to solve fraction addition and subtraction with different denominators
- We are FOCUSING on calculating the probability of teams winning different games
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- write fractions in order
- interpret multiples of a number
- use my knowledge of multiples of a number for finding equivalent fractions
- change a fraction (numerator and denominator) by the same multiple
- add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
- add and subtract fractions with different denominators
- understand how decimals are written
- understand place value of decimals
- order decimals
- add and subtract decimals
- multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000
- describe the chance or likelihood of outcomes happening
- describe the likelihood of an event as a fraction or percentage
Activities:
- probability games: coin and dice throw games where you have to calculate the amount of money to play the game and the chance of winning- probability worksheets on GC
- Commonwealth games problem solving questions - work together in groups to solve the question
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING our commonwealth country teams by researching logo designs relating to the country
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing and transforming our designs by rotating, translating, and reflecting the shapes
Success Criteria: I can/have:- conduct research into my commonwealth country
- identify when a shape has been reflected along the y or x axes
- identify when a shape has been translated
- identify when a shape has been rotated and why how much
- draw a shape and reflect it along an axis
- draw a shape and translate it
- draw a shape and rotate it by a certain degree
Activities:
- drawing designs based on our commonwealth countries- taking our designs and reflecting them along the y axis
- worksheet: identifying how shapes have been transformed (reflection along which axis? has the shape been translated?)
- drawing different shaped triangles and rotating them 90, 180, and 270 degrees
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FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on developing and transforming our designs by rotating, translating, and reflecting the shapes
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- conduct research into my commonwealth country
- identify when a shape has been reflected along the y or x axes
- identify when a shape has been translated
- identify when a shape has been rotated and why how much
- draw a shape and reflect it along an axis
- draw a shape and translate it
- draw a shape and rotate it by a certain degree
Activities:
- making art tesselations by reflecting and transforming parts of shapes
- solving team problems involving converting metric units and following instructions, in diagram form, to construct 2D shapes, e.g. triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagonsSLC: 15th September
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to apply ourselves to practice addition and subtraction of fraction with different denominators
- We are PLANNING to solve fractions of a whole amount in order to solve the scores of commonwealth teams
- We are PLANNING to practice multiplying whole numbers by a decimal in a problem solving situation
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- identify a reciprocal fraction
- multiply and divide fractions
- write reciprocals of fractions
- multiply a whole number by a decimal using simple multiplication steps as used in whole number and then adjusting based on decimal places
- write decimals as fractions by using place value and simplifying fractions
Activities:
- reciprocal worksheet on Google Classroom
- blooket about reciprocals -
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to apply ourselves to practice addition and subtraction of fraction with different denominators
- We are PLANNING to solve fractions of a whole amount in order to solve the scores of commonwealth teams
- We are PLANNING to practice multiplying whole numbers by a decimal in a problem solving situation
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- identify a reciprocal fraction
- multiply and divide fractions
- write reciprocals of fractions
- multiply a whole number by a decimal using simple multiplication steps as used in whole number and then adjusting based on decimal places
- write decimals as fractions by using place value and simplifying fractions
Activities:
- Finishing reciprocals worksheets
- Maths games:
- Guess my number: https://nzmaths.co.nz/guess-my-number
- Class game Loopy with decimals:Sit in circle
Think of decimal 1-10
Next person adds an operation for the next person between 1-10 (e.g. add 5)
Next person solves it then adds an operation
Can’t repeat same operation
Keep going till one person gets it incorrect or repeats, then start again
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to demonstrate our knowledge of fractions and decimals by analysing commonwealth country flags and calculating the fractions and decimals of different colours on the flags
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- Analyse a shape and calculate the fraction of a part of a shape
- Analyse a shape and calculate the decimal of a part of a shape
- Multiply decimals by whole numbers
- Multiply fractions by whole numbers
- Add fractions together
- Add and subtract decimals
- Justify my answers to questions
Activity:
- Maths Assessment 2
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to demonstrate our knowledge of fractions and decimals by analysing commonwealth country flags and calculating the fractions and decimals of different colours on the flags
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- Analyse a shape and calculate the fraction of a part of a shape
- Analyse a shape and calculate the decimal of a part of a shape
- Multiply decimals by whole numbers
- Multiply fractions by whole numbers
- Add fractions together
- Add and subtract decimals
- Justify my answers to questions
Activity:
- Maths Assessment 2
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING skills for working in a team by investigating algebra through group problem solving
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- Substitute digits into algebraic equations
Activity:
- Group problem solving activities about algebra on Google Classroom
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING being Sun Smart by researching different sun blocks
- We are EXPLORING being Sun Smart by questioning authenticity of sun blocks
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- identified the features on sun block bottles
- researched SPF numbers and what they mean
Activity:
- Looking at different sun block bottles sold in NZ
- Identifying the features that they share and the ones that are different
- Researching the meaning of SPF numbers
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to create a poster or advertisement for a sunblock to display our knowledge of SPF and % sun protection
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on explaining the efficacy and reliability of different sun blocks sold in NZ
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING being Sun Smart by researching different sun blocks
- We are EXPLORING being Sun Smart by questioning authenticity of sun blocks
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- identified the features on sun block bottles
- researched SPF numbers and what they mean
- identified sun blocks that meet their SPF claims and ones that do not meet their SPF claims
Activity:
- create a poster displaying the research we have done on sun blocks in NZ
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PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to create a poster or advertisement for a sunblock to display our knowledge of SPF and % sun protection
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING skills for working in a team by investigating number skills through group problem solving
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- Respect and listen to my classmates.
- Help others by responding to their needs
- Share my knowledge and reasoning
- Allow everyone to contribute
Activities:
- Displaying our posters and advertisements that we made about sun block
- Group work tasks: Leo the Rabbit, Fraction Match, Race to 100, Doughnut Percents, and Quad Match.
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING skills for working in a team by investigating number skills through group problem solving
Success Criteria: I can/have:
- Respect and listen to my classmates.
- Help others by responding to their needs
- Share my knowledge and reasoning
- Allow everyone to contribute
Activity:
- Group work tasks: Doughnut Percents, and Quad Match.
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