I am a Year 8 student at Tamaki Primary School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Kia Manawanui syndicate and my teachers are Ms Aireen and Whaea Petra.
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
FRACTIONS
In Maths this term we have been learning about FRACTIONS
I can find fractions of whole numbers like:
1/2 of 12 = 6 1/3 of 9= 3 1/10 of 20= 2
2/3 of 12= 8 4/5 of 10= 8
I can recognise when a fraction is greater than 1:
½ + ½ + ½ = 1 1/2
⅓ + ⅓ + ⅓ + ⅓ =1 1/3
7/4 = 1 3/4
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Garden Day Reflection
This document is a reflection on the purpose, process and outcomes of our Garden Day Activities.
ACTIVITY:
Timo timo
MATERIALS:
- Mussel shells
- Wood
- Knife
- String
- Saw
PURPOSE:
- To help us dig in our garden.
- So we can learn from it.
- So it could help us with our garden.
PROCESS:
- the teacher explained what we were going to do.
- We took 3 strings and plait them. It was hard to plait the 3 string but i got help.
- We took a V shaped branch and shaped the branch. We scraped it until it was smooth, thats how we made the Timo timo.
WHAT WORKED WELL:
- Helping the Ko group
- Getting the Timo timo and Ko smooth.
WHAT DIDN’T WORK WELL:
- The handle of the Timo timo
WHAT THINGS DID YOU LEARN ?
- How to make a Timo timo and Ko.
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