Scratch

Today I was working on Scratch. It was my first experience with this site and I really had so much fun. The top picture is a whirl of the first one. We were learning about coding and this was the second site we used for it.

Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Sumdog Competition

For the past few days our class has been going against other classes in a sumdog maths competition. The questions weren't that challenging yet they did allow me to think very hard. Our school had a class each holding there own place in the top 3. The class we're in came second and I'm so proud of everyone. From the competition, I learnt some things that I didn't know before, especially with things related to 90° angles. 

Maths prototec

With my basic facts I have stepped up a level. I have consolidated my knowledge with fractions. In my previous test I got 92% which means that I have to move up. Stage 8 was a bit challenging but I’m just going to have to push myself. Next I would like to revise two step equations with integers. By the end of this year I would like to be above the national standard since being At is where I usually am and I want to step up the pace.

Battleships

For the open day at Tamaki College we had different classes to go to, one of them being maths. When we did maths we learnt about coordinates. To help with everyones understanding we played a game using battleships. We had to guess each others coordinated and if we got it right one part of the ship would explode. If all the points were found then your ship had sunk or blown up.

Perpendicular

Today for maths we were learning how to draw a perpendicular. We used a compass. It took me a few times to get used to the compass. A perpendicular is always at a 90° angle. I enjoyed learning about this new math topic. I now know how to draw up a good perpendicular.

Losing the fight

Today we had our E-asttle strand test and I have sadly moved down. I was at a 5B but now I am at a 4P. Now I must work harder with measurement and probability, so that I can get to a 4A or more. I really want to accelerate with my learning so I will work harder with my, "gaps" and "to be achieved." However I did do well with my statistics.

Vocabulary with integers~

This week we were introduced to integers, and these were two activities with vocabulary linked with integers. I found the first activity a bit challenging because I didn’t read the clues correctly and it involved a lot of thinking. Throughout most of the time I was partly confused, however I went over the clues again and finally got the correct answer. I learnt many words from the two activities such as a “plus sign” in front of a number indicates that it is a positive number and that when you find the “absolute value” of an integer you’re removing it’s sign. Personally I think that these activities were great to learn off of  since it helped expand my vocabulary on integers.

Rounding to the nearest tenth

This morning I was doing an activity about rounding the decimal to the nearest tenth. I enjoyed doing this activity as we’ve already learnt about this when we were doing our math. I also found that this activity was fairly easy because I understood when our teacher was teaching.

Matariki rhombus

Walht: identify and draw a rhombus

Vocabulary: Quadrilateral, parallelogram, parallel, diagonal, bisect, polygon, specialist, right angles, opposite, arrows, degrees

For this activity we had to use the seven stars of Matariki as points to draw a rhombus. A rhombus is a specialised four sided figure. It’s opposite lines are parallel and the diagonals must bisect each other to create a 90 degree angle.

I enjoyed doing this activity however I did have a few difficulties. Only about two words confused me which were bisect and parallelogram. However now I have a sound understanding of  both what it means and what is a rhombus.  

Volume activities

Today, during the morning block I have been doing math activities. The activities had to do with volume. I enjoyed doing these as it helped me get a better understanding of volume. To complete these activities I had to have a strong understanding of multiplication. However since I do know my multiplication I found these activities easy.

Learning angles

This week we have been learning about angles. Our teacher taped one desk in a group and we had to measure  the angle  with a protractor.Thereafter, we had to name it according to its measurement. Most of the angles on my desk were acute angles but had only a few obtuse. I enjoyed doing this task and was doing really well at it.

HOORAY! 👏👍

I have accelerated in maths. My results have moved from, 4P to 5B during Term 1 and 2.  I think I have moved up because I listened and focused during the lessons that were taking place. The feeling I have is good but I know I can do better, so I will try to. Next time I would like to get either a 5B or 5A.

Apple turnovers

Walht: use measurement to make an apple turnover

We used the following to make it:

1. A scale
2. Square pastry
3. ½ apple
4. Sugar
5. Milk
6. Baking paper

The first thing we did was cover up the desk with newspaper. There was a bowl of ¼ cut apples, we had to take two apples which made us have 12 of apples. Using the scale we weighed the apples and wrote the outcome in our books. Mine was 63 grams. Afterwards the baking paper was passed out and our square pastry went on top it so that once we put it on the scale it won't get germs. The weight for my pastry was 63 grams. Once that was done we cut up the apples and placed them on one side of the pastry so that when we flip it; it will have a triangle shape. We then sprinkled 1 teaspoon of sugar on top of the apples. After folding one side of the pastry we used a fork to kind of keep the pastry together. Using one spoon of milk we spilled it over the turnover and sprinkled ½ a teaspoon of sugar over it, leaving it in the oven to bake. Before it was put into the oven I weighed my prebaked apple turnover it was 98 grams. Our teacher weighed one post baked apple turnover and it weighed about 80 grams.