Division Maths
What is division math. Division maths is a type of maths when you divide a number in to parts. There are different ways you can find out a division question. In some division questions you have to have remainder because they number is not perfectly even. Here is an example of a division question that needs remainers in the awnser.
Maths WorkShop
Today in my maths workshop we were learning to find patterns in a maths question. I was told to write a a grid that showed six squares. I rote numbers one to five in the top boxes. Underneath the high boxes we had to find out the answer of the first pattern. We were using ice bloc sticks but the question on the big screen made the question using matchsticks. The question was: If you had a triangle and connected 11 more tryangles to the single triangle how many matchsticks would you have to use. Instead of connecting 12 triangles together and finding the answer that way, we were told to find patterns through the numbers of the grid shown in out maths book.
At first I found the questions a bit hard to understand, but after a few questions I had got the rhythm of the patten mastered. Our teacher kept changing the shape to make our minds figger the question and multiply the shape of the number. I had to keep trying and never give up. When I tried to find patterns, I would use my multiplicative thinking to find the easy ways of answering the question.
Here is my work I did in my maths book today in the workshop.
High Modality Learning/ SPaG workshop
What are high modality words?
High modality words are strong words that usually stait your opinion strongly. High modality words are normally found in speeches or other ways, when people try to convince and persuade you to agree with there opinion. High modality words are strong words that are used to convince people in positive and negative ways. They are also words that make you seem certain on your opinion.
Here are some examples of high modality words, that I have made.
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Action Day
I woke up at dawn, looking ford to an action day at school. MLH ( my class ) were going to go on a big walk up farmland and Otukakara hill, to try and find the start of Hamanatua Awa. Hamanatua is the Awa is in Wainui Beach School Pepeha.
Once our class room was lined up on the deck we started our journey. It was a gloomy and cloudy day, perfect for a day of walking. Once we had got to the end of Hamanatua Awa, we followed the underground path to the hill.
It took a while to arrive at the hill/ farm land. There was a little river we had to cross. I liked watching everyone cross the river. There were some funny moments when people crossed unsuccessfully. I leaped over. It was a bit nerve racking. Eventually the whole of MLH got across the bridge. Wet or dry we all got across.
We soon made it to a nice shady tree, that's where we sat and ate morning tea. Then we were of walking past all of the Cows, Ducks, and Sheep all with their babies. We all had to be quiet when we walked past all of the baby animals just so we don't scar them.
It came to the time that we had to turn around and go back. But we still got to see when Hamanatua Awa was very small. I liked walking with my friends. I liked the freezing breeze that flowingly blew by hair back and ford.
Once we got back to school we got changed because we were all very muddy. After that we were aloud to play. I decided to play under knee tag.
Here is some photos about our walk.
Reading Workshop
Every week I participate in my reading workshop. This week, in our workshop we had to film a flipgrid of our self reading the retell that we all wrote last week. I was a bit nervous that I would forget my sentence I was meant to read. But I got ready to do my first attempt.
Our goal was to look at the camera while reading, just so it looked like we were reading it off by heart. It makes it look better. It also makes people interested at listening to the video because you are giving them eye contact.
I decided to take my first attempt. To make it look like I was reading the retell of by heart, I would get a sentence in my head then say it. After I said one sentence I would pause the flipgrid, so then I could have time to memorise the next sentence. It took a little while but I got through it. I took a couple of attempts to get the video that I was happy with.
I liked doing my attempts. Once I had finished my final attempt and I was happy with it. I posted my video / flipgrid. Then I linked it to the task sheet, so there is evidence that I did a flipgrid and so the teachers have easy access to the video when editing and checking people's work.
That was one of the activities that we did this week for our writing workshop. Then we had to rap up a little bit of information about the retell. I liked my reading workshop this week. I learnt heaps and found out lots of new information I the reading workshop this week.
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WorkShop Retell
Early Morning, Jacob was helping his mother stack firewood. Au Sum came along selling Bok Choy, alone, in the small chinese village." I don't know how you can eat that 'muck'", said Mrs Bishop. When Au Sum travelled by selling his Bok Choy. Mrs Bishop was a lady who live next door to Jacob and his family, they lived in the middle of the little chinese village. Mrs Bishop didn't know how to control her words. She thought it was bad to be different to others.
Au Sum could here Jacob still sneering and had a sudden urge to go fishing and to leave the firewood. He wanted to get away from Mrs Bishop.
It only took one moment for the river to steal him. While Jacob sunk down the river Au Sum had got hold of Jacob's arm hardly. Au Sum tried hard to save his life. Soon enough Au sum had been able to pull Jacob onto the soft grass, on his back. Au Sum took Jacob to the hut. The next thing Jacob knew, that he was in a darkened hut, next to the hot steaming fire.
Jacob's mum soon entered the door of the hut. Au Sum greeted her, and told her all about what had happened. " Are you okay Jacob"? Said The Mother. " I'm okay Mother", siad Jacob in a soft voice. Jacob took his Mothers hand and the pair walked out of the dark hut. As they walked along the gravel path, the two of the came across Mrs Bishop. Mrs Bishop said" a lot of bad things about Au Sum, but Jacob and his mother just said good things. Mrs Bishop could never understand how people are different.
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