Thursday 30 June 2016

Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.

WALT:  Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.

WALT:  Use side or edge lengths to find the perimeters and areas of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles and the volumes of cuboids.


Complete the 3 problems below on a blog post and then press submit on Google classroom.
The best possible outcome
Answers for Problem 1. Length is 9, width is 4.
Answers for Problem 2. Length is length is 8, width is 6.


Problem 3:answer is 3bags


Friday 17 June 2016

Using a range of multiplicative strategies

In Maths we have been learning to use a range of multiplicative strategies when operating with whole numbers. 

Here is a link to our online modelling book 

The strategies we have been learning are:

- Estimate the reasonableness of large problems like 1 788 – 891. Could 497 be right?
- Use multiplication to solve addition and subtraction problems eg. 
   64 – 48 = as (8 x 8) – (6 x 8) = 2 x 8= 16
- Use doubling / halving, trebling/ thirding and adjusting to solve multiplication problems,
  eg.  12 x 50 solved as 4 x 150= 600
- Use an algorithm to solve multiplication problems.
- Solve problems using simple cube numbers .
- Use an algorithm to solve division problems. 

Here is a link to my Multiplicative Strategies Assessment which shows that I know why and how I use particular strategies. This doc also has screenshots to show which IXL activities I have completed as part of my learning. 



My next step in my Maths Learning is Measurement.

Monday 6 June 2016

Vocab activity

Year 7/8: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.


Name of Text: Underground Explorers

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Definitions
Void: an empty space or vacuum.

Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy

Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured

Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others.

Seldom: not often; rarely.

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Example/Non Example
Is a void messy? Why or why not?
 yes because you don't know what's gonna be in the void.
Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?
red because it is a bright colour.
Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?
because they can't run or defend themselves from others.
Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?
Vine because it is grass connected together.
Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?
Olympics because it's every 4 years and a NZ election is 3 years.

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Word Associations
The plants in the garden are die during a frost
vulnerable
There were lots of different paths that joined each other
interconnected
I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.
seldom
We are still exploring  outer space.
void
I can find my key ring easily in the dark.
fluorescent

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Word Relationships

How might each pair of words be connected?
Vulnerable/Fluorescent
you can be vulnerable when in light because everyone else can see as well.
Void/interconnected
void is connected with random things.

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Extended Writing
Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
On Saturday before my team's game we watched another game because we got there early, then we saw a guy no looked and kick the ball and the ball hit the crosshairs without looking and that happens seldom.