WALT: Define, calculate and compare incomes, taxes and variable/fixed expenses
WALT: Complete a balance sheet to track weekly expenses.
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
Create: Select one of the financial literacy terms from this week. Create a DLO to teach others about this term .
Share: Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity, a reflection on how you went with the learning.
WALT: Create and find rules for number sequences
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
Create: Once you understand the concept of number sequences and rules create a DLO to teach others what you have learnt. Your DLO must include an explanation, an example and at least two problems for your readers to answer.
Share: Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity, a reflection on how you went with the learning and also a reminder to your readers to have a go at the problems and comment their answers.
WALT: Position and locate places using coordinates and compass bearings
WALT: Use simple scales to calculate distance
WALT: Create simple floor plans and pictures from different points of view.
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
Name and read compass points
How do I read and record grid references and coordinates when interpreting maps?
Create: Once you understand the concepts of rotational symmetry, enlargement with scale factors and tessellations you can choose one of the Mathematical Art Projects to complete.
Share: Post a photo of your finished Mathematical Art Project on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity, an explanation of the maths behind the artwork and a reflection on how you went with the learning along with your photo.
Choose from the mathematical art projects in the slide below:
WALT: Understand, explain and continue tessellations
WALT: Understand, explain and create patterns with rotational symmetry
WALT: Draw an enlargement when given a scale factor
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
What is rotational symmetry?
What is scale factor and how do I use it to enlarge an object?
How do I create a tessellation?
Create: Once you understand the concepts of rotational symmetry, enlargement with scale factors and tessellations you can choose one of the Mathematical Art Projects to complete.
Share: Post a photo of your finished Mathematical Art Project on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity, an explanation of the maths behind the artwork and a reflection on how you went with the learning along with your photo.
Choose from the mathematical art projects in the slide below:
WALT: Visualise, recognise and represent transformations
WALT: Identify and draw lines of symmetry
WALT: Identify rotational symmetry and order
Here is a transformation puzzle challenge to explore: Shape Mod Challenge
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
What are the 4 main types of transformation?
How can I represent transformations of shapes on a grid.
What is rotational symmetry?
Create: A transformation puzzle for others to solve like in the shape mod challenge activity below. You can use one or more of the transformations we have explored this week.
Share: Post your finished DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and reflect on how you went with the learning.
WALT: Identify, name and describe the properties of a variety of polyhedron
WALT: Draw the front, side and perspective view of a three dimensional object
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How are polyhedron named and described?
How can I use isometric paper to draw 3D shapes?
The different type of nets for 3D shapes and how to construct them
Create: Photograph some of the 3D shape models you have made and their nets. Explain how you created them in a video or text form and display in a format of your choice.
Share: Post your finished DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and reflect on how you went with the learning.
Here are some nets to explore:
icosahedron.pdf icosidodecahedron.pdf
pentagonal_pyramid.pdf pyramid.pdf
WALT: Classify and describe angles and 2D shapes.
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How do we measure angles accurately and calculate missing angles?
How can I group 2D shapes?
The different types of triangles and how to construct them
Create: Work in pairs to create a street map that incorporates specified angles, lines and shapes. Once you have completed your map write an explanation describing the location of each of the geometric terms.
Share: Post your map and explanation on your blogs.
WALT: Identify and name types of lines.
Name and measure angles.
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
What do parallel and perpendicular lines look like?
How do we classify angles?
How to use a protractor to measure angles accurately.
Create: Work in pairs to create a street map that incorporates specified angles, lines and shapes. Once you have completed your map write an explanation describing the location of each of the geometric terms.
Share: Post your map and explanation on your blogs.