Adding and Subtracting decimals

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to add and subtract decimals. I found out that
the easiest strategy to add and subtract decimals was to round the number to a tidy
number. For example, 2 . 8 + 1 . 5 you would have to add 0 . 2 on to 2 . 8 to get 3 so you would do the same on the 1 . 5 but instead you would subtract 0 . 2 - 1 . 5 which equals 1 . 3 so you would have to add 3 + 1 . 3 = 3 . 3. I found this strategy better than others. Because some of the other strategies confuse me and I don’t really understand them. My next goal for decimals would be to learn different strategies.

Great Marble Challenge

In Te Ngahere we have made a Marble ramp for a steam challenge, Once everyone had built their ramp, we had to put our names down on a google doc, so the teachers could print it out, The teachers had an awesome idea to put our names in two bowls so that whoever’s name gets picked out of the box their ramp will be getting built by whoever’s name gets pulled out of the second box. We all quickly sat down on the mat while our teacher laid out the measuring sheet. At first I was hoping not to get picked out first because I was not quite sure if our ramp was going to get the same result as how my group and I had tested it. But We got picked first and had to gather all of our materials for the other group that was making our ramp. I personally think that our instructions were clear for the other group who was building our ramp, Next time when we build new ramps my group and I are going to modify our ramp alot to get even better results.

Nga Motu

In Te Ngahere the year 6’s got to go to Nga motu to help our teina in their learning. But first we had some fun things planned to do  with nga motu. We started off by making mothers day cards with the teina, we got to pick a buddy to work with and started to write a nice letter, after we checked if we got our spelling right and our letters made sense we were able to choose a colored paper to make into our good copy, Some people chose to write on the coloured paper while other people cut their cards and added a picture of them on the front. After we made our cards the year 6’s got to help our teina to create their visual pepeha on our chromebooks. I really enjoyed helping our teina in their learning and making them happy.  

Anzac Biscuit Problems

In Te Ngahere we have been doing maths around anzac. Our problem was that the original recipe makes 30 anzac biscuits, then we had to work out our own biscuit problem. My group had come up with different examples of how to show our evidence, even if we weren’t quite sure if the examples were right. With the anzac biscuit problems we used trebling and thirding because trebling and thirding is easy to understand if you have the right numbers. I knew that if you times 3 by 9 you get 27 so if you times 30 by 90 you get 270, it is easier if you use 3 times tables even though the number is odd. So now you know what 3 times 9 is so you times the original recipe by 9 because the original recipe makes 30 biscuits. I really enjoyed learning different way to solve these problems . I think I did well understanding how to treble and third the recipe to get 270.

Marble Run

In Te Ngahere we have created a marble run for our steam challenge. Steam stands for, science, technology, engineering, art and maths. Our goal was to create a ramp for a marble and as the marble rolls on the ground the marble has to stop exactly 110 cm. I enjoyed creating a ramp for our marble and seeing the different results each time when you change a variable. A variable is something that you change on your ramp to get a different result. I think my  group and I worked well together because we were collaborating and making sure we all agreed on modifying our ramp. Next time I think we can create more of a detailed ramp to get a better result.

Nevaeh's Math DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to create a maths DLO to show what we have been learning in our maths. DLO stands for Digital Learning Object, Our maths DLO was showing how to double and halve. I really enjoyed learning a different way to solve multiplication problems. Next time I think I could do a more descriptive DLO and make it more interesting. With our DLO we could present it using google slides and also lots of people used screencastify to talk about their learning.

Explorers

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman’s Journeys. We have been researching about them to find out their impact on New Zealand. After we had found out our information we had to choose someone to write about. I really enjoyed finding out the things that Nukutawhiti, James Cook, Kupe and Abel Tasman did for Aotearoa and the history behind their stories. Next time I think that I have to explain more information about their lives.