WALT: Read, interpret and solve word problems
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How to identify the strategy needed to solve a word problem.
How and when to use the following strategies:
Addition Algorithm (standard written form)
Subtraction Algorithm (standard written form)
Your tasks this week:
Refer to your group plans above for details.
WALT: Use and explain how to use an algorithm to solve additive problems with whole numbers
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How and when to use the following strategies:
Addition Algorithm (standard written form)
Subtraction Algorithm (standard written form)
Make sensible estimates to check my answers and use a calculator efficiently.
Your tasks this week:
Refer to your group plan for details.
WALT: Use and explain a variety of mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems.
Learn: The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How and when to use the following strategies:
Addition - Making tidy numbers, place value partitioning and adding with doubles or near doubles
Subtraction - Making tidy numbers, place value partitioning and increasing or decreasing by the same amount.
Your tasks this week:
Refer to your group plan for details.
Create
This week create a DLO to teach others one of the mental strategies you have been learning. In your DLO include steps for using this strategy, when this strategy is useful and a sample problem with working.
Share
Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
What is your next step in developing your understanding of mental strategies for addition and subtraction?
WALT: Analyse data and make comparisons.
WALT: Calculate the mean, median, mode and range of data sets.
Key Ideas:
The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
How can I analyse data?
What is the mean, median, mode and range of a data set?
How do I calculate the mean, median, mode and range of data sets?
Learn:
Learn abour mean, median, mode and range here
With a partner make a copy of the What's the forecast investigation here
Choose 4 NZ locations and gather your data from here.
Calculate the mean, median, mode and range of your data.
Choose your place to be in NZ for the next week and justify your decision using the data you have gathered.
Create:
Create an investigation DLO that shares what you did, shares the data for your place to be this week and explains your findings.
Share:
Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
WALT: Gather, record and display data.
WALT: Analyse data and make comparisons.
WALT: Writing statistically sound statements
Key Ideas:
The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
In what ways can we record and display data?
What is a statistically sound statement?
How to write I notice and I wonder statements
Learn:
Plan your what's the weather investigation here
Create a new google sheet and record your data in a chart. Insert graphs in your google sheet to display your data.
Practice making statistically sound statements here
Create:
Create an investigation DLO that shares what you did, displays your data and graph, and explains your findings.
Share:
Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
WALT: Gather and record data.
WALT: Represent data in graph form.
Key Ideas:
The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
In what ways can we collect and record data?
What is the best way to display the data?
Learn:
Complete a statistical investigation plan here
Gather your data on sheet provided -view here
Watch the introduction to google sheets here
Create a new google sheet and record your data in a chart. Insert a bar graph in your google sheet to display your data.
Create:
Create an investigation DLO that shares what you did, displays your data and graph, and explains your findings.
Share:
Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
WALT: Use a range of strategies when working with whole numbers and metric units.
Learn:
The key ideas to find out and understand this week are...
What are whole numbers, decimal numbers, percentages and fractions?
How can numbers describe me?
What are my strengths and goals in maths for 2021?
Plan:
A list of information about yourself, with each piece of information containing numbers.
Complete the activities Here and Here
Create:
Create a My life in Numbers maths poster that will allow your classmates to learn a little about you.
Share:
Post your DLO on your blog. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.