Tesselations

This week for maths we have been focusing on tesselations. A tesselation is a flat surface that is used for shapes, but instead with no overlaps or gaps. This morning we were challenged to draw a tessellating pattern, by using one of the chosen shapes. Each shape had a color pattern with it. The challening part was not being able to leave gaps in between the middle of our shapes. I found this very interesting at the same time, because we got to be creative, by translating, rotating and reflecting our shapes around. 

Financial Literacy

This week for maths our focus is to understand profit equals income minus expenditure. A profit is the money you earn, by making something and selling it. The purpose of this game was to make an amount of money. We, also used some great vocabulary like: spend, save budget discount and many more. The outcome of my balance turned out to be a loss of - $51.00 . The best part was being able to be left on the space " SALE ", because we then used a lettered dice, which gave us the opportunity of selling a specific item. In total I was left with 9 juggling balls, 4 hacky sacks and 5 bunjy balls.  

Collaborative Challenge - Budget of $200

This week for math we were given a challenge to complete together as a group. We were given a budget of $200 to do a weekly grocery shop for our maths group. We used an abundance of money to provide our group with enough healthy food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for one week. The challenging part was trying to decide what dinner was going to be, because most of us thought of different ideas, but at the end we chose which one was the best and cheapest. 

Rugby Pitch Problem Solving

Since the Rugby World Cup is being held this year in Japan, LS2 have been completing a number of activites based on the Rugby World Cup. Today we worked out the measurments of a Rugby Pitch. Angela, Marieta and I worked collabrtively together to work out the maths questions. The strategy that we used the most was the Place Value colunms, because it helped us  through everything, especially when using the long multiplication strategy.Above shows a DLO of our favourite world problem/strategy. Feel free to comment down below your answers. 

Question: 
A rugby pitch has an area of 5400m2. What could the dimension of the filed be?

2019 Rugby World Cup Stadium Capacity

Since the Rugby World Cup is being held this year in Japan, LS2 have been completing a number of activites based on the Rugby World Cup. Marieta, Sakina and I worked collabrtively together to work out the maths questions. We worked out the answers, using different stragities and at the end, we would found the best/easiest strategy to use. Above, shows the DLO that my group and I created, using one of  our favourite maths questions. We have also showed how we worked it out and why.

Question: 
Tokyo Stadium is only 3/4 filled. How many people attended the match? 

Mixed Decimal Questions Game

I have created a maths game, which is based on decimal thinking. This game helps you think deeply into adding big decimal numbers, especially the maths that is hidden in these questions. If the question is incorrect it will take you to a link that provides help, which is a video that explains how to add decimals. After watching the video there will be a link that will take you back to the previous question that was not answered correctly. If the question is correct it will take you to a link that takes you to the next question. I have also created my own character that is animated, as a gif. I have given you 10 questions to answer, especially with 2/3 digit numbers. Once you have finished playing, there will be a link that takes you to a slide, which allows you to rate a star out of 4 .After completing my game I got a number of people to check my game. At the same time they gave me feedback, meaning what they liked about my game, and what I should change. My feedback was to remove the underlines. I think that this was a great suggestion, because it made the words look more big and clear.  I was really proud of what I achieved at the end, because I got to learn how the maths was solved, then create my game using different strategies, and then finally got to share it with a heap of other people, especially with the positive feedback that was given back. Today everyone showcased their own maths games to the whole class. Each person was allowed to present with a buddy. I decided to present with Sandra. At the end of the maths presentations everyone started playing the maths games that was created. 

Strengthening connections to Maths language

LS2 has been strengthening their connections to the maths language to help understand what written maths questions are asking us. At the beginning of our maths session, we shared the different words we use to say 'hello' and thought about how this could be confusing for people who are learning to speak English. During our maths session, Mrs Anderson asked us what we thought the meaning of a plane is. Everyone had thought it was the transportation type, but in the maths context it was a flat surface. We need to know the what words mean in the maths context to help us understand the questions that we are asked. To complete this activity my group and I dragged each word to their maths box. We used the explore tool to help us define the meaning of a word. 

Tamaki College Open Day

After tech today the year 8's stayed behind at Tamaki College for a open day. This is where the year 8's experience a day of what being at college looks like. We took orientations around the school for different subjects. The subjects that we learnt were Maths and Science. In Maths we learnt how to use co-ordinates, by drawing an alien. To make sure that we had understood what we were learning, we played a Maths game called Billy Bug. (CLICK HERE FOR THE GAME). During morning tea, Mr Dunn (Deputy Principal), and a few year 9 students introduced their selves, as they were going to lead us during the day. In Science we tried 3 different experiments, by using dried ice. For one of the experiments, the equipment that was needed, was dried ice, water, a big bowl, and a cylinder container. To make this experiment work, we were to add dried ice and water into the cylinder container, and then close the lid. After closing the lid you were to stand it up in the bowl, and see it launch up, like a rocket. This was a contest, so the group with the highest launch, were the winners. Thank you to the teachers for the amazing teaching. We enjoy every part of it, especially the challenges.

Multiplication Problem

This week for Maths, LS2 used different types of strategies to solve different story problems. The strategies that I have used this week are reversibility, place value, and lattice. Above shows a created DLO and screencastify that I completed. For this story problem I was to work out 2466 x 6. I used the place value strategy for this problem, because it was the easiest one that I could use. The place value strategy included the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands columns, because I was solving a 4 digit by 1 digit number. I have created a screencastify that shows you how I solved this cupcake problem.

7 Times Tables

 As a great start off to Maths, my group started, by completing a number of times table games. Above shows the screenshots of the 7 times tables that I finished. I completed all getting everything correct. This site was very helpful, because it gave us a lot of games to finish based on the 7 times tables. The activity that I enjoyed doing was the mixed up ones, because it gave me the chance to answer all questions in different orders. I think that I need to improve in answering these questions even quicker.  

CLICK HERE FOR THE GAME

Blog Post Data Analysis

As a great start off for today LS2 have been completing their blog post analysis graphs, based on the amount of blog posts that they have completed. To make it more interesting we were asked to find the average amount of blog posts for each month for each year we have been blogging. Once we finished creating our bar graphs, we made a google drawing that explained information about our bar graphs. I started in 2015. I believe that I did great, because I tried my best to complete at least 3 blog posts. I found it interesting that in 2018 I received more blog posts than any other year. At the moment I am the first person to earn my 1000 blogs posts badge at PBS. The reason why I have the amount of blog posts is, because I participated in the Summer Learning Journey, which made me publish a lot of posts. Xtramaths was one of the posts that was published every morning in 2015-2016. I have created a screencastify to show you how to create your own blog post analysis. 

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for math's Mrs Anderson's math's group did the same thing as last week. We were to complete one of the revision challenges that were set to complete. I decided to complete 2 revision challenges. I completed the basic facts boxes and the math's addition and division problems. Last week I completed the addition box up to 20, but this week I completed the subtraction box up to 20. Answering these questions were helpful, because not only did I get all of them correct, but I got the chance to use different strategy's throughout our math's sessions. 

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for maths we were to complete one of the revision challenges that were set by Mrs Anderson. I decided to complete Mr Wong's maths challenge that he created. Today I completed the basic facts box. I  answered all the questions to the addition box 1. This was another addition box that I was given to complete. Doing this helped me develop my maths skills, because throughout this activity I was able to answer these questions quickly. 

Basic Facts Boxes

This week for maths we completed a maths challenge that was set by Mr Wong. Last week we completed the addition up to 100, but this week I completed the subtraction up to 100. I managed to get everything correct. 

Maths Problem

This week for maths we have been learning how to solve different types of maths problems. Today we were to complete Mr Wong's maths challenge before moving on to this task. To complete this task we were to answer a word problem that was based pizza. The operations that were used in this task were fractions, divide by, and times. To make it better myself, Chavda, and Fui created a google slide to present our thinking and strategy on. 

Subtraction - Basic Facts

This week for maths we completed a maths challenge that was set by Mr Wong. First he shared it to us and we started completing it. Last week we completed the addition up to 100, but this week we completed the subtraction up to 100. I managed to get everything correct. There was some times when I got it incorrect, but I still managed to use a strategy that helped me a lot. 

Addition up to 100

This week for maths we completed a maths challenge that was set by Mr Wong. First he shared it to us and we started doing it. Today I practised my addition up to 100. To work these addition problems out I used different strategies to work out different numbers. 

Adding Decimals

This week for maths we have been learning about decimals. Today I created this DLO to show how to add decimals by rounding and compensating. Before creating this DLO we were to pick a decimal problem to solve and show how you solved it. I decided to show you how to solve 37.3 + 19.8. 

Decimal Quiz

This week for maths we have been learning how to solve subtraction problems by using the decimal strategy. Today Mrs Anderson maths group played a game called mathopolis quiz. In this game we were to find out the answers to different decimal questions using the columns. 

Click below if you want to try this game out:

Decimal Game

Scale Drawing

Last week was a maths week. Last week we did our own types of scale drawings. First everybody searched for a image that was easy for them to draw, then they sent it to Ms Kirkpatrick so that she could print it out. From there we started drawing the grid lines on our printed image. The 1 requirement before drawing our scale drawings was to finish our test images, so that Ms Kirkpatrick could see if our drawing skills were great. We drew our images on a piece of A4 paper, but before doing that we were to rule up our grid lines again. The ratio of the scale drawing was 1:2. The scale factor of our scale drawings is 2. The maths we use in our scale drawings were multiplication and division. The best part about scale drawing for me was getting to use my drawing skills to draw my personal passion. The part that I found hard about drawing my image was trying to draw and colour the flames. Next time I will find a better image that will be easier for me to draw.