Top Mathletics Class

 Congratulations to all the hardworking 'Maths Whizz Kids' in Te Puawai! We have won the Top Mathletics Class two weeks in a row. Well done Te Puawai!

  

Making Gummies:

Today in Te Puawai we made healthy Gummies as part of our maths strand - measurement and to help us write a piece of instructional writing. We enjoyed cutting and juicing the fruit, measuring out the sugar, honey and gelatine. 

Check out Awhi's writing:

Equipment list:           

Gummy maker

Measuring cup

Measuring jug

Table spoon

Juicers x2

Knife

Spoon 

Ingredients:

Sugar

Gelatin

Oranges in bags x2

Lemonade/lemons bags x2

Bag of ice x1

Step 1. Get all your equipment out of the cupboard.

Step 2. Get all of the ingredients out of the cupboard.

Step 3. Put the juicers on the table

Step 4. Cut the oranges in half

Step 5. Put half of an orange in the juicer and squeeze or push

Step 6. Then get your gummy maker and pour the juice into the little pot 

Step 7. Get your gelatin and put 3 tbsps in the pot then stir

Step 8. Get your sugar and put 1 tbsp in the pot then stir until thick

Step 9.  When done, put the ice in the parts under the gummy mould's.

Step 10. Pour the mixture into the gummy mould's.

Step 11. Wait for 20 - 30 minutes.    

Teina's Times tables:

WALT: We are learning to quickly recall our basic facts.

Teina has been working hard to learn his times tables and quickly recall them to help him calculate maths problems.




Do you have any advice for Teina? How do you learn your times tables so that you can quickly recall them?

Using the Tidy Numbers Strategy

We are learning how to use the Tidy Number strategy using tens frames. When we use this strategy we make a ten using the numbers in the equation so it is easier to count. For example if we had the equation 6+5 = ? We could take 4 from the 5 and give it to the 6 to make our equation 10 + 1 = 11. We use basic facts that we know to help use find the answer.