Month: May 2015
COMETS – READ ALL ABOUT THEM
This COMETS site has a fabulous animation of a comet. Have a look and read all the interesting facts about comets and space craft. Post a comment with any things you may have learnt.
Chances of ….?
In Maths we can work out how likely it will be that an event will occur. It could be certain, likely or unlikely.
When it comes to a dice or a spinner, you can work out how likely by saying
You have a 1 in 6 chance of winning; or you have a 1:6 chance….. depending on the number of possibilities given.
We will explore how this works by using the spinner in this SPINNER manipulative.
BOX DRAW manipulative – how many times will you draw out a certain colour depends on how many of each are in the box.
COIN TOSS manipulative – it’s interesting to see how many times heads or tails comes up when you toss a coin.
Good luck and have fun taking your chances on these activities! 8:)
Sam and the Ostrich Egg
Sam brought in his ostrich egg for news this morning and he found out lots of interesting facts about ostriches to tell us.
OSTRICH FACTS
They can weigh up to 145 kgs, as much as adults.
A male can get up to 2.8m tall and can live up to 45 years. The dad looks after the eggs.
They have three stomachs and come from Africa.
They can run as fast as 50kms per hour.
Shop Day – Money Maths
I love the way you spent your classroom money using good Money Maths to work out the coins you needed to pay for items, and how to give the right coins in change.
Everybody seems to be enjoying shopping in this slideshow. Enjoy!
Mrs Veary 🙂
Shop Day – Money Maths on PhotoPeach