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Week 10

Instructions:

Finish off any learning from this term which you have not yet done on blog log.

Finished everything?

Complete a maths screencast which explains how you answer ONE of the following questions:

1. 4/5 of 60 = ?

2. 7x14 = ?

3. 12x25 = ?

Choose ONE of the following tasks (you could do this is a pair or by yourself): 1. Create a Christmas or holiday season animation on hyperstudio. You might choose to give this a NZ twist!

2. Create a Christmas song using Garageband.

3. Create some Christmas decorations using the links and texts to the right.

Links

Week 8

Walt: use data cards to gather, sort, and display data to answer questions.

Instructions:

Make sure you complete all of the following activities this week:

1. XtraMath - everyday

2. Maths Whizz - 15 minutes a day

3. Problem Solving

- Complete a data card

- Make a copy of

Links

Example Data card

Google form

Data (censusatschools NZ)

Your data

Fast Finisher?

Once you have completed all the tasks for the week:

1. Make sure learning from previous weeks has been completed.

2. Blog Commenting

3. Code.org - Code Studio (start at course 2) 4. Coding with Spheros

Attribution: CensusatSchools New Zealand (2008) (www.censusatschools.org.nz). Artwork by Antonina Moala, layout by Antonina Moala and Stephen Cope.

Week 5-7

Walt: work out fractions of a total.

Walt: gather, sort, and display data to answer questions.

Instructions:

Make sure you complete all of the following activities this week:

1. XtraMath - everyday

2. Maths Whizz - 15 minutes a day

3. Problem Solving

- What makes a successful problem solver?

- The Process - How do we Problem Solve?

4. Practice Times Tables

Problem Solving:

Practice Times Tables

Fast Finisher?

Once you have completed all the tasks for the week, you will get the chance to do:

1. Blog Commenting

2. Code.org - Code Studio (start at course 2) 3. Coding with Spheros

Attribution: CensusatSchools New Zealand (2008) (www.censusatschools.org.nz). Artwork by Antonina Moala, layout by Antonina Moala and Stephen Cope.

Week 4

Walt: give directions to locations using grid references, turns, and points of the compass.

Instructions:

Testing continues this week. While you are not testing, you will be working through these tasks:

1. Meet in groups to revise add/sub/mult/div strategies.

2. Begin working through the Directions presentation. This gives you more questions which you came across last week.

3. Continue working through the presentation, Directions & Angles and

the Code.org courses.

Fast finisher?

Begin working through the Making Music task.

Tasks and Links:

Problem Solving

Week 3

Walt: follow and create instructions about directions and angles through coding.

Instructions:

Testing week begins this week. While you are not testing, you will be working through these tasks:

1. Begin by working through the presentation, Directions & Angles.

2. When you reach the slide asking you to stop, complete courses 2-4 on code.org.

Course 2

Course 3

Course 4

3. Once you have completed courses 2-4, you can move onto the task, Making Music.

4. Now return to slide 5 of the Directions & Angles presentation and begin coding with Sphero!

Week 1 & 2

Walt: confidently answer maths questions under testing conditions.

Walt: reflect on where we are at in maths, and where we need more support.

Instructions:

Make sure you complete all of the following activities this week:

1. XtraMath - everyday

2. Maths Whizz - 15 minutes a day

- What makes a successful problem solver?

- The Process - How do we Problem Solve?

3. Practice maths tests

a. Maths Practice Test 1

b. Maths Practice Test 2

c. Maths Practice Test 3

d. Maths Practice Test 4

4. Meet with Miss West or Mr Somerville for a workshop.

5. Practice Times Tables

Practice Times Tables

Fast Finisher?

Once you have completed all the tasks for the week, you will get the chance to do:

1. Blog Commenting

2. Code.org - Code Studio (start at course 2) Have a go at some coding! - Start at course 2 and work your way through all of the activities until you have finished the course. Here are your links: