Maths Strategies

In Room 7 for maths we have been working on addition and subtraction strategies. The strategies we have learnt for addition are
- rounding and compensating
- place vlaue

The strategies we have learnt for subtraction are
- place value
- equal adjustment
- revesibility

We have been learning to choose the most efficient strategy for the problem and to solve the problems mentally in our head. Here are some videos of Room 7 students solving problems. You can tell that they are thinking hard...


Johanri using Equal adjustment

Jani using equal adjustment

Joshua using rounding and compensating

Mitchell using place value 

Homework Week 5

Room 7- Homework Week 5 - Due Friday 2nd March

1. Reading – 15 – 20 minutes per night. Remember to complete your reading log in the front/back of your homework book.

2.     Mathematics – Basic fact practise.

3.     Mathletics – complete the set tasks by going to www.mathletics.co.nz/

Sign in using your username and password

Remember Mathletics payment is due

4.     Maths Equations – Write the following equations on a new page in your book and solve them. Remember to select the most efficient strategy, solve the problem mentally in your head then show your working like you did in class.

1.      79 – 23       2.    165 + 34      

3.    435 – 27       4.    224 – 19   

5.     176 + 28     6.    78 – 29       

7.    137 – 28       8.    298 - 43

5a. Grammar  - write at least 4 synonyms for each of the following words

proud                 said                    walked                

laughed

b. Choose one of the synonyms and create a synonym picture (like Miss Clarke explained in class) to be displayed on the wall

6. Optional - Jolly Jars – The gala is fast approaching. Decorate a  plastic jar and fill it with something special so it can be sold at the gala. You may like to make more than one (Remember to make it appealing to look at and fill it with something that someone would like). 

7. Weekly spelling – Learn the following words

Week 4 Homework

Room 7- Homework Week 4 - Due Friday 24th February 

1. Reading – 15 – 20 minutes per night. Remember to complete your reading log in the front/back of your homework book.

2.     Mathematics – Basic fact practise.

3.     Mathletics – complete the set tasks by going to www.mathletics.co.nz/

Sign in using your username and password

4.     Maths Equations – Write the following equations on a new page in your book and solve them. Show your working like you did in class.

You may like to use the rounding and compensating strategy     

Eg 18 + 24

     +2     -2

     20  + 22 = 42

18 + 26           19 + 32                   16 + 29      27 + 16               78 + 13

16 + 49           37 + 24          22  + 13      13 + 24             31 + 38

5.Grammar  - Complete the worksheet on the back about verbs

6. Weekly spelling – Learn the following words

Verb Activity

A verb is a doing word.  Highlight the verbs in the method about how to make Frangipani cupcakes. The first one has been done for you.

Frangipani cupcakes  

Ingredients:

• 1 quantity of prepared basic cupcakes
• 1 quantity of prepared buttercream icing
• white marshmallows
• yellow food colouring

Method:

1. Tint the buttercream icing with the yellow food colouring to make a sunny yellow.

2. Generously coat each cupcake.

3. Cut marshmallows in half-way along the barrel side with scissors. Pinch each end to make petal shapes.

4. Arrange on the top of the cupcakes to form a flower

5. Using a cotton bud, dip the end in the yellow food colouring and paint the marshmallows just on the flower center ends so they have a blush of yellow in the center.

Homewor Can Do's

Year 4 Homework ‘Can Do- Activities

When you finish you Homework for the week, you can choose to pick one of the things from this list to do! When you have done that activity, put a tick in the box next to it.

• Plan a family fun day around Wattle Downs
• Invent a new car travel game
• Create a picture book for 5 year old
• Choose 5 items for a ‘Time Capsule’, pop in a plastic container and bury somewhere!
• Design a menu for a Saturday morning breakfast
• Find a ‘novelty container’ such as on old boot or broken pot and pop a plant or some seeds in it
• Interview a grandparent - maybe about the similarities and differences between their school days and yours
• Pick up rubbish around your street to show you care about your local environment
• Write Letter or email to family member you have not been in contact with for a while
• Invent a new maths game
• Create a picture using objects from the natural environment
• Create dance moves for a top 40 hit
• Rewrite the lyrics from a nursery rhyme  maybe with a challenge theme? 
• Design your ideal bedroom
• Find out how to greet someone in ten different languages and practise them on your family
• Make a list of at least 2 qualities you value about each family member and share them with them
• Make a vegetable animal or person
• Make a drum kit out of boxes and pots (ask parents first!)
• Practice cartwheels/forward rolls on the lawn
• Visit the Push Play website and choose a family activity to do
• TV free night - plan some family activities like board games or charades
• Make a diary of all the food you eat during the week. What is healthy and what is not?

Year 5 Homework ‘Can Do- Activities

When you finish you Homework for the week, you can choose to pick one of the things from this list to do! 

• Re – read a favourite story/book, create a mind-map showing characters, setting, beginning, middle and end.

• Increase your personal fitness – create your own fitness relay and challenge yourself to improve your time.
• Make a crossword with your spelling words.
• Plan a meal for your family.  Think about all of the ingredients you will need.  Design a menu for each member of your family.  
• If you have a younger brother or sister, listen to them read, or read a story to them.
• Current events – find an interesting current event from either the television news or the newspaper.  How would you summarise the information for your class?
• Do you have a pet?  Create a special brochure explaining the special care needed for your pet.  Think about food, shelter, cleaning and care.
• Create a new maths game for your class. 

Writing Instructions to explain how to do something

In Room 7 we have been writing instructions to explain how to do something. We wrote instructions about
- How to line up in Room 7
- How to log onto Mathlectis
- How to issue a book from the library
- How to get home from school safely

When writing our instructions we had to use
- a title
- subheading
- numbers
- verbs (doing words)
- exact instructions

This is Lauren's instructions about how to issue a book from the library

How to issue a book from the library 

You will need 
- a book
- a book bag

Method 
1. Stand up quietly
2. Go and retrieve your book bag and books
3. Line up in front of Room 7's cloak bay facing the court
4. Walk to the library
5. Stop at the library door
6. Get your books out of your book bag
7. Put the books in the return slot
8. Pick a book from the shelve
9. Wait in line at the issuing desk

This is what her work looks like on our writing wall

All About Me Presentations

As part of Week 1 and 2 homework, Room 7 completed a presentation about themselves. Students made posters, booklets and Keynotes. 

On Friday students shared them with the class. Students needed to remember to present using a loud clear voice, stand still and look at the audience. 

Room 7 students did very well. The presentations look great on our wall!

Room 7 has been getting to know each other and making sure that they can work together as a class.

One activity we did to help develop collaboration skills was completed during PE co-operative games.

We completed a hula hoop chain. We had to hold hands and form a chain and get a hula hoop down the chain without letting go of anyone.
We also worked together to fit as many people as we could in hula hoops. We were able to fit all of Room 7 into 3 hula hoops as we ended up working together to support each other balance.
We also played ball tiggy. This was very challenging and we need to remember to work on our communication skills so that we can improve.

Here are some photos of us having fun while working together.

Name Art

In Room 7 we have made name art to be displayed on the wall. We have called them name bugs/aliens.

The process we followed was 

- Fold the paper 

- write our name on one side with pastel (linking) 

- close the paper and press down to make the pastel smudge 

- follow the smudge line to mirror our name 

- colour in neatly

SC 

Use the whole page 

Link the letters 

Letters touch the mirror line 

Colour neatly - no chicken scratching or smudging