Weekly outline

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    Nau mai ki te 8C1 Pāngarau

  • Term 1 Week 1

    Admin Day 

    • Touching base with parents and students
    • LA introduction to Year-7 parents and students, initial checklist

    Tuakana-Teina 

    • Year 10's role in assimilating Year 7s into the MHJC way
    • DEEP Selections - Students start looking at options

        


  • Term 1 Week 2

    Welcome Back to Year 8~!

    A very warm welcome to all our returning and new students!

    Hope you had an enjoyable and relaxed summer break and are ready to delve into the learning and opportunities that 2024 has to offer.


    Context



    Success Criteria: I can/have...
    • Say Maori numbers up to 50
    • Understand place value
    • Know how big is 1 million


    Activities:

    1. Maori numbers - 1 - 20
    2. Warm up - Maths Bingo
    3. Saying numbers in Maori up to 20
    4. What is place value
    5. Place value Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Qf0qSSJFI
    6. Identifying the place value of a digit/what digit has a certain place value
    7. Place value online exercise - https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Place_Value/
    8. Saying big numbers using place value (to a million)
    9. Practice questions - (Differentiation)
    10. Extension Activity - How big is 1 million?


    Homework:

    Maths Buddy


  • Term 1 Week 3

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on rounding numbers to make sensible estimates.

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING finding factors, multiples and prime factors of numbers.
    • We are EXPLORING different multiplicative strategies


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Round numbers sensibly
    • Use multiplicative strategies
    • Identify factors and multiples of natural numbers


    Activities:

    1. Maori numbers - 1 - 30
    2. Numeracy - https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Feb-Numeracy-Book_Part15.pdf
    3. Warm up task - https://www.transum.org/Software/Game/Ultimate/Noughts_And_Crosses.asp
    4. Explanation of skills and concepts(rounding, factors and multiples) with examples(Whole class, group or individual teaching as required)
    5. Video on Rounding numbers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-E18EqSVk (Please start watching video from 6.10mins onwards)
    6. Online practice rounding numbers - https://www.abcya.com/games/rounding_numbers
    7. Multiplying by tens, hundreds and thousands/A bit more/less
    8. Multiplication word problems - https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Multi-step/
    9. Practice questions (Differentiated)
    10. Extension - Contextual applications

    Homework:

    Maths Buddy (Differentiation)

  • Term 1 Week 4

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING operations on and calculations with integers and order of operations.


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Arrange integers in ascending and descending order
    • Add and subtract integers
    • Understand and use the correct order of operations


    Activities:

    1. Warm up activity - S1 - Wkly revision tasks, S2 - Numbers in Maori, S3 - Numeracy skills
    2. What are integers? Where do we see/use positive and negative numbers in daily life?
    3. What do integers mean in different contexts eg temperature, sea level, money and banks etc
    4. Tasks for understanding positive and negative values
    5. Adding and subtracting integers using a number line
    6. Introduction of adding and subtracting integers using rules
    7. Integers Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCh1b63xd4
    8. Practice questions (Differentiation)
    9. Contextual problem solving (Extension)
    10. Applications (Extension) (Page 53 and 56 Alpha Maths, order of operations - Alpha book Pg 98 Q 5 to 8)


    Homework:
    Maths Buddy (Differentiation)


  • Term 1 Week 5

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING recognising place value of decimal numbers
    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on comparing sizes in decimal numbers.


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify place value in decimals
    • Order decimal numbers to 3 decimal places
    • Add and subtract decimals


    Activities:

    1. Warm up activity
    2. Explanation of skills and concepts with examples (Whole class, group and individual teaching as required)
    3. Place value in decimals
    4. Ordering decimals
    5. Addition and subtraction strategies for decimals
    6. Contextual Applications (Extension)


    Homework:

    Maths Buddy (Differentiation)


  • Term 1 Week 6


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING equivalent fractions
    • We are EXPLORING finding the fraction of a quantity

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on developing strategies for adding and subtracting fractions
    • We are FOCUSING on comparing fractions


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Find fractions equivalent to the one given
    • Find fractions of a quantity
    • Add and subtract fractions 
    • Compare fractions


    Activities:

    1. Warm up - Numeracy
    2. Game - https://www.transum.org/Maths/Game/Tug/
    3. Explanation of skills and concepts with examples(Whole class, group or individual teaching as required)
    4. What are fractions?
    5. Finding equivalent fractions video - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-equivalent-fractions-2/v/equivalent-amount-of-pizza 
    6. Equivalent fractions practice - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/comparing-fractions-and-equivalent-fractions/imp-equivalent-fractions-2/e/equivalent_fractions
    7. Ordering fractions video - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/arith-review-fractions/arith-comparing-fractions/v/order-fractions
    8. Ordering fractions practice - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/arith-review-fractions/arith-comparing-fractions/v/order-fractions
    9. Online practice for finding equivalent fractions - https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Fractions/Equivalent.asp?Level=3
    10. Simplifying fractions
    11. Video on simplifying fractions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQXhknSwrI
    12. Finding fraction of a quantity
    13. Video on finding the fraction of a quantity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5Viuwo1bw
    14. Adding and subtracting fractions with same and different denominators
    15. Video on adding and subtracting fractions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsW8HJutIgM
    16. MHOL - Practice questions (Differentiation)
    17. Contextual Problem solving (Extension - Pg 116 Alpha maths - Q 11 to 16)


    Homework:

    Maths Buddy (Differentiation)


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