Group Rima and Ono: count how many fingers?

Special Interest Review 2017

Special Interest student Reflections:  2017

• “In our cooking I learnt about fractions, decimals, percentages.”
• I learnt different ways of solving challenging problems ie use a smaller case, experiment. Ben
• “If you want to find an eighth of number just divide it by 8”. :Seb
• “ I learnt about square roots when we answered the problem - 4 fours.” Grace H
• “I learnt about Maths in cooking, that you can halve recipes.  The importance of having all the ingredients.” Karol
• “Baking helped me try new foods, and using measurement tools - like cups and mls.
• This class helps me learn new ways to answer problems. “ Grace
• “This class is challenging me” Grace S and Jerry
• “ I learn more complicated Maths and things I wouldn’t do in my classroom ie square roots.” Joe
• “It’s fun, I get to spend time just learning Math” Jerry
• “ I get to do harder Maths and way more challenging.  It is different, we have more problems. Like optical illusions” Lucas
• It is challenging and interesting, if it’s challenging it is getting me smarter (Quinn).
• “Its helped me to struggle, it was fun as well as doing Maths.  Normally Maths isn't that fun.” Dayna
• “This Maths is a bit hard and makes me struggle and I like the Maths we do.  I especially learnt fractions.  Last year I didn’t know any fractions - now I know divide by three is the same as putting it into thirds.  Lucas
• “I enjoy baking and using the measurement tools.  I enjoyed doing 4 fours and countdown timer.  It was a challenge.  We get to share our learning with our class.” Khan
• “ I learnt more strategies, from other students and Mrs Madden.  It was fun at the same time. “ Max M
• “I like doing the 4 fours because it is challenging, and the fraction snakes, it puts our learning into action.  I like cooking and using my fractions.” Jonathon
• “I learnt how to make all numbers, this learning is different (learning power to, square roots).  Learning our own ways to learn has helped me.” Olivia
• “ I get to learn more and get better and learn deeply.  Having conversations at home has extended my learning.” Robert
• “I like the cooking, I will do it again at home.  I kept doing it at home (the folding of paper to make ⅙, I’m still practicing.” Arad
• “ This helps improve my Maths - I just love it.” Andreus

How Can Mrs Madden Improve:

• Nothing, keep it the same - Grace
• More cooking
• Having more Maths and Art combined - like optical illusions “Lucas and Quinn
• Get more time to do it in the afternoons. Ben
• “I don’t think you can - it’s awesome!” Olivia
• Keep doing it!

Special Interest Question

Can you quarter a triangle?

If so how? If not why not?

Complete a drawing and send it to Mrs Madden.

Special interest: more cookies ....

Here is our last group who divided the recipe into thirds and created their smartie biscuit.

Special interest: making four 4's

Here are all our solutions.
Ka pai to Robert who went home and found his own solutions!!

Special interest Ono - Tuesday

Here we are making smartie cookies and banana clusters. We worked as a group to decide on who was bringing which ingredients. We then had to divide our recipe into thirds or halves as some groups forgot their ingredients.

We then designed and made containers to hold our cookies.
Using nothing but an A4 piece of paper.

Special interest

Working as a team we needed to use four 4's and any operation to make the numbers 0 - 20...

We could easily make 16
4+ 4+4+4 = 16

Other numbers were more difficult and we learnt the importance of BODMAS - the order of operations as well as the square root of numbers.

Special interest : Thursday Group

How we learn mathematics.

Special interest: Ono

We learnt how to work out challenging Mathematical problems by using these techniques:

1. Draw it out
2. Team work
3. Experiment
4. Use other resources
5. Use a smaller case

special interest group:

Cooking skills:
How about having a go at quartering the recipe and making yourself 5 cookies.
Please email photos of your creations and adjusted recipe.

Special Interest Group:

Special Interest blog post

Please have a go at answering your questions and constructing a model. I would love to see your floor plans!

Special Interest: more snakes to try😀

Special interest: Challenging ourselves - adding more segments to our fraction snake.

Special interest: fraction snakes a success!

Special Interest: Countdown Challenge Game

Have a go at making your own countdown challenge cards and play with classmates or family at home!

Enjoy!!

Here is a chance to make a version of the classic Countdown Game.

Choose 6 cards. 
Two 2 digit numbers ie. 25, 50, 75, 
Four 1 digit cards ie numbers - 1 to 10 - its ok to have double ups.
Make a random three digit target ie 285. 

The challenge is to use the numbers available and the four standard operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to hit the target. (if you can)

Each card can only be used once. It may not be necessary to use all the cards.

You may like to take on the challenge on your own or choose to play it as a game in which the first to reach the target gets a point. First to 10 points wins.

An alternative game could set a time limit and require the players to get as close to the target as possible. Each player could start with 100 points and then points could be deducted according to how far from the target each player has reached - e.g. 6 away from the target would mean that 6 points were deducted. After a set number of rounds, the player with the highest score wins.

Rules for Build Me up: Group Tahi and Special Interest

Rules for build me up

This game is to try and make 15 at the top of your pyramid.

1. Draw a pyramid like this.

 

   2. Write 15 in the top circle.   

3. Write 4 single digit numbers in the 4 bottom circles (1 - 9).

4. Add the two numbers beside each other and write the answer in the circle above.

5. Keep adding the numbers beside each together.

6. If it was right, it will add up to 15.

By: Rosie

Special interest: intake 2- Fraction snake..

This is the best puzzle to allow students to see fractions in a different way.
Each student has a snake 10 segments long (later increase the segments) or they can make their own.
They chose three colours and colour in a segment randomly.

They must make two cuts ensuring each part shows half of a colour.
 Each colour must be represented.

Well done Dayna and Olivia who collaborated together to create their snake.

Can you see how each colour is represented as half??

Have a go yourselves- don't forget to post a comment.

Special interest : Intake Two - Playing Nim

Playing Nim

• Got It is an adding game for two players. It is a version of a well-known game called Nim.

• Start with the Got It target '23'

• The first player chooses a whole number from 1 to 4.

• Players take turns to add a whole number from 1 to 4 to the running total.

• The player who hits the target of 23 wins the game.

• Play the game several times.

Can you find a winning strategy?

Can you always win?


Does your strategy depend on whether or not

you go first?

Please pop your answers on the blog

Special interest - intake 2

Creating our squares within our 11 x 13 rectangle:

We are trying to make the fewest amount:
Here are our results so far.

Robert: 143
Olivia:28
Khan: 20
Dayna: -
Rosie: 6
Lukas: 11
Andreas: -
Max - 16
Arad- 16