Tag Archives: Numeracy and Mathematics

Handling Data

I have explored a variety of ways in which data is presented and can ask and answer questions about the information it contains. MNU 1-20a

I have used a range of ways to collect information and can sort it in a logical, organised and imaginative way using my own and others’ criteria. MNU 1-20b

Using technology and other methods, I can display data simply, clearly and accurately by creating tables, charts and diagrams, using simple labelling and scale. MTH 1-21a

We have been organising information in tables using tally marks.

We displayed information in pictograms, bar graphs, Venn and Carroll diagrams.

We also use spreadsheets to help us make bar graphs on the computer.

Outdoor Angles

We went on a shape hunt in the playground. We found lots of 2D and 3D shapes, and we also found right angles.

The windows are rectangles and squares and they have right angles. – Albie.

I found a right angle on the Buddy Stop and it’s a rectangle. – Jessica

The corner of snakes and ladders is a right angle and it’s a square. – Zoe

The corner of the rectangle is a right angle. – Josh

 

3D Shape Sorters

We have been identifying 3D shapes. We knew all of their names and correctly matched up each shape with it’s name.

Alex – Cuboids faces are made up of rectangles and squares.

Jessica – Cones have got a circle on the bottom.

Lauren –Cubes faces are all squares.

Albie – I spotted that a some of the pyramids had a square on the bottom but one had a triangle.

 

 

A Farmyard Puzzle

We have been solving problems by making a model or drawing a diagram.

We had to work out how many cows and hens there would be if there were 4 heads and 12 legs. Some of us drew cows and hens on our whiteboards to help and some groups used art straws and made models.

Height Comparison

We measured the height of everyone in the class then compared our heights with Flat Stanley. Most of us were taller than Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is 122cm tall. We drew around  Andrew as he is the same height as Flat Stanley. We turned Andrew’s outline into Flat Stanley. We made a painting of Erin who is the same height as Flat Stanley, one of Natasha, who is shorter than Flat Stanley and one of Jessica, who is taller than Flat Stanley.

 

Flat Stanley Measuring

We have been learning to measure using metres and centimetres. We drew around each other with chalk to create our own flat person, then measured the height of our outline. Our flat people were very colourful.

Zoe – We were drawing around other people and writing their name, then measuring their outline.

Grace – I did my favourite rainbow T-shirt.

Natasha – At first I got a bit muddled but then I worked it out. I measured from my head to my toes.

Josh – We measured our Flat person using a metre stick.

Fern – I liked drawing around each other and colouring it in.

Sylvie – I liked colouring in our flat person.

Lauren – We used metre sticks and we measured using metres and centimetres.