Week 4 - Maths Week Ponder

Kia Ora Bloggers,

This week we are participating in Primary Science Maths week.  You can find out more by visiting this website: www.mathsweek.co.nz.   There are heaps of exciting activities and challenges to complete.  The books that we are reading this week will also look at different parts of Maths.  

Today, we started the article Amazing Algorithms.  It got us thinking about what algorithms are and how often we use Maths every day.  This week, our blog ponder is to think about the times that we use Maths during our day.  

Have a think and add your ideas to our blog ponder. Remember to think carefully, add your ideas in one post in a Cybersmart way and then get a buddy to check your comment before you post.  We look forward to reading your ideas

Week 7 - Samoan Language Week

Talofa Lava Bloggers,

This week we have celebrated Samoan language week in Te Ana Ako.  We participated in a range of activities to develop our knowledge and awareness of Samoan Language and culture.  Some of our highlights were:

• Reading about, then creating a model of a fale.
• Finding out about and creating Siapo patterns.
• Using Samoan language to work on our Maths Place Value goals.
• Matching Samoan, Te Reo Maori and English family words as part of our pepeha work.

We have added some photos below.  Please check our blog later on as we focus on publishing our Siapo patterns that we have drafted in our Maths books too.

Mathematical Mazes

Kia Ora Bloggers,

One of our mathematical thinking challenges this week has been to create a maze.  The instructions are here in this video and in the screenshot from our Wednesday Maths activity below.

We used the geoboard app from the math learning centre to create our mazes.  Our creations are shared with you below. Have some fun solving these. You may need to pause the presentation to give yourself thinking time.  Think about the direction and math language you could use as you move through the mazes.

 How did you find our mazes? We would love some of your feedback.

Week 6 - Maths Learning

We have been working in lots of groups for maths this term. We are learning that group work is important to help each of us become great mathematicians. 

Check out our slideshow, where we share some of the big ideas and group skills we have practised alongside our maths knowledge and strategies.