Whakapono 18's Maths Learning Journey
We are proud to introduce this years new Maths learning incentive, in which we will embark on a new journey in the way our Maths lessons are structured. Whakapono 18 have begun their journey in building and growing our Mathematical thinking, using every day Maths contexts that our children know and understand. Along this maths journey we endeavour to encourage and engage in maths through our participation, explanations and justifications.
This week we have begun our new maths programme and look forward to growing our students in their mathematical knowledge and thinking in becoming confident mathematicians.
We begin our maths with a warm up, which gets our minds thinking Maths and talking Maths.
Our WALT (We Are Learning To..), our timer, and warm up activity is part of the preparation towards our maths lessons.
Students are working out how many different ways can we make 50 (Warm up). It is a fast and quick warm up improving our speed and accuracy in our Basic Facts.
Next our class is split in half, one group working on independent tasks and one group with the teacher on the mat. Students are grouped in mixed abilities, so that we share our learning. We take note that sometimes our children's best learning happens when they are working with other students. A paper and felt is given to show their working out (no pencils so that we can see all working out including the mistakes)
LAUNCH - We launch the word problem. We read and understand the word problem before working it out.
We then split into mini groups (of mixed levels) and begin working out the maths word problem. Students share their working out and explain how it is done. This is shared amongst the group where they discuss and ask questions to get a better understanding of each others mathematical thinking.
A group is then selected to share back their working out, through demonstration and explanation. This allows for students to see and listen to the way other students process their mathematical thinking and justify their answers through their maths knowledge. Students are also given the opportunity to ask questions for further understanding or clarification.
We look forward to a positive outlook in the new maths structure and how this will make us grow into great mathematicians.
Amazingly awesome mathematics Whakapono 18. Your are definitely growing your maths knowledge. We look forward to see more.
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Nice work .You are definitely growing your people
ReplyDeleteThank you for teaching us miss aliifaalogo from kaliyah
ReplyDeleteThank you for teaching us from max
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping us learn maths.from majete
ReplyDeletethank you for teaching us mathematics.
ReplyDeletelove Essence
good job from jeremiah
ReplyDeleteamazing work from jamez
ReplyDeletewe learn so much from you Mrs Aliifaalogo, thank you from Virtanya cheers
ReplyDeletethank you for teaching our class by telling them to grow our people from Peni and Jeremiah.
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping my learning move to another level.
ReplyDeleteLove Sherlina
thank you for helping me and teaching us
ReplyDeleteLove Phoenix
this is james thank you for teaching our class PRIDE values
ReplyDeletethank you for teaching us and I know you can make us grow for the next few years.
ReplyDeleteby:Quinnevaeh liu Room 18
thank you so much for teaching me appreciate u alot and thanks again for teaching us mathmatics
ReplyDelete-Manoa tu'ifua
wow thats so cool room 18 going to polyfest and thank to the teacher
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ReplyDeletethank you for taking us to polyfest
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