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07ma02 February 09 2010

February 10, 2010 · No Comments

Tuesday Session 4

Beginning Session: Times Table Snap

We play a simple version of this game.

  • Two students get a deck of cards. They split the deck.
  • Each student puts down a card. The first to call out the product of the two cards gets to keep the cards.
  • The winner is the player that ends up with all the cards.
  • Students usually play to win two out of three games for a small prize.


Main part of the session; whole number problems


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We could have approached this in the same old way of teaching algorithms: Here’s how you add; here’s how you subtract; here’s how you multiply; here’s how you divide.

Except we didn’t…

We turned it on its head. I said to the students…

Here is the answer (from the book) to this kind of sum. What was the question?

Here is the answer (from the book) to this kind of subtraction. What was the question?

Here is the answer (from the book) to this kind of multiplication. What was the question?

Here is the answer (from the book) to this kind of division. What was the question?

We still had to think about the same concepts but I believe that we had a lot more fun doing it.


Homework

On Thursday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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08ma02 February 09 2010

February 9, 2010 · No Comments

Tuesday Session 6

Beginning Session  

Students played Numero again today. Students are playing at level 2. At this level players use the basic wild cards. There are students who are familiar with the game who would like to play at a higher level. For now however, I want to progress at a pace that allows the whole class to consolidate their skills at each level.

It is likely that student will begin the first lesson of each week with Numero

Click on this link to visit the Numero website



Main part of the session

Students played a version of the “Sharks and Boats” game on paper.


Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool

After that we did a little bit of work on comparing directed numbers. We used some questions from the text book.

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Homework

On Friday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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MAT1B01 February 09 2010

February 9, 2010 · No Comments

Tuesday Session 2

Beginning Session  

Students played Numero again today.

It is likely that student will begin the first lesson of each week with Numero

Click on this link to visit the Numero website


Main part of the session

Students working out of text book on Number Combinations

Exercise 5.01 page 1.png  Exercise 5.01 page 2.png

Homework

On Friday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A MathsOnline  account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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07ma04 February 08 2010

February 8, 2010 · No Comments

Monday Session 3

Beginning Session  

Students played Numero again today. Students are playing at level 2. At this level players use the basic wild cards. There are students who are familiar with the game who would like to play at a higher level. For now however, I want to progress at a pace that allows the whole class to consolidate their skills at each level.

It is likely that student will begin the first lesson of each week with Numero

Click on this link to visit the Numero website


Main part of the session

Having learnt how to set up a binary machine to count students then faced the challenge of using their machines to add.

From the Maths 300 website

Teaching the Computer to Add

Suppose we want to add 7 + 5, ie: we want to add 101 [5] and 111 [7].

  • First enter the 101 by tapping columns 1 and 3 … [which is 1 + 4 = 5].


Human Computer showing 5

  • Now feed in 111 by tapping columns 1, 2 and 3 – but slowly, allowing any chain reactions to occur. The computer should register 1100 (which of course is 7 + 5 = 12).


Human Computer showing 12

It is probably better to feed in the unit column first, wait for the reaction and then move along to the next column. That is, always start at the unit column; however, indeed it does not matter in which order you enter the 111.

Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool

Homework

On Friday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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08ma02 February 08 2010

February 8, 2010 · No Comments

Monday Session 6

Beginning Session  

Students played Numero again today. Students are playing at level 2. At this level players use the basic wild cards. There are students who are familiar with the game who would like to play at a higher level. For now however, I want to progress at a pace that allows the whole class to consolidate their skills at each level.

It is likely that students will begin the first lesson of each week with Numero

Click on this link to visit the Numero website

Main part of the session

Having had a chance to learn how to play “Boats and Sharks” on Friday, students spent today out on the grass playing the game. We used ropes, pegs and marker cones to make the game boards. We used large wooden blocks for dice. We used students themselves as the game pieces.

From Friday…

Students are beginning the term by learning about directed numbers. They don’t know that yet. They think that they are just playing a game of “Sharks and Boats” (aka “Walk The Plank”).

Screen shot 2010-02-08 at 1.07.39 AM.png

Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool

Homework

On Friday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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07ma02 February 08 2010

February 8, 2010 · No Comments

Monday Session 4

Beginning Session  

Students played Numero again today. Students are playing at level 2. At this level players use the basic wild cards. There are students who are familiar with the game who would like to play at a higher level. For now however, I want to progress at a pace that allows the whole class to consolidate their skills at each level.

It is likely that student will begin the first lesson of each week with Numero

Click on this link to visit the Numero website


Main part of the session

We spent a bit of time at the beginning making sure that everyone had a chance to practice counting using their human binary machines (formed by groups of students).

Having learnt how to set up a binary machine to count students then faced the challenge of using their machines to add.

From the Maths 300 website

Teaching the Computer to Add

Suppose we want to add 7 + 5, ie: we want to add 101 [5] and 111 [7].

  • First enter the 101 by tapping columns 1 and 3 … [which is 1 + 4 = 5].


Human Computer showing 5

  • Now feed in 111 by tapping columns 1, 2 and 3 – but slowly, allowing any chain reactions to occur. The computer should register 1100 (which of course is 7 + 5 = 12).


Human Computer showing 12

It is probably better to feed in the unit column first, wait for the reaction and then move along to the next column. That is, always start at the unit column; however, indeed it does not matter in which order you enter the 111.

Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool

Homework

On Thursday this week students will be going to the computer lab. There they will be given their log in details and I will make sure that they know how to use the on-line tools that I am providing them.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.
  • An email account . I will use this account to provide student with information specifically related to their maths course.

If a student would like to use their mathletics account before then, I can give them their usernames and password. However I won;t be setting work for the class till next week.

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MAT1B01 February 05 2010

February 5, 2010 · No Comments

Friday Session 6

Beginning Session: Times Table Snap

We play a simple version of this game.

  • Two students get a deck of cards. They split the deck.
  • Each student puts down a card. The first to call out the product of the two cards gets to keep the cards.
  • The winner is the player that ends up with all the cards.
  • Students usually play to win two out of three games for a small prize.


Main part of the session

Students were finishing off the work from the program for this week: Exercises 1:01- 1:04 from the MAT 1B textbook.


Homework

Information about homework expectations will be given out next week.

Student will have

  • A MathsOnline Account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.

Log in details will be given out to students next week



Upcoming Assessments

Students are due to complete their first investigation in Week 3. An investigation is a structured exploration in which students must follow instructions to complete a mathematical activity.

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07ma04 February 05 2010

February 5, 2010 · No Comments

Friday Session 3

Beginning session

Student continuing to play Numero so that the whole class is up to speed on the the basics of the game.

Numero is an arithmetic card game useful for building basic number skills.

Click on this link to visit the Numero website for more information.


Main part of the session

Usually we begin the term with Roman Numerals. For a change we are beginning with the number system that computers use (base 2).

We begin by groups of students figuring out how to count in base 2

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Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool


Homework

Information about homework expectations will be given out next week.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.

Log in details will be given out to students next week

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08ma02 February 05 2010

February 5, 2010 · No Comments

Friday Session 2

Beginning Session  

Student continuing to play Numero so that the whole class is up to speed on the the basics of the game.

Numero is an arithmetic card game useful for building basic number skills.

Click on this link to visit the Numero website for more information.


Main part of the session

Students are beginning the term by learning about directed numbers. They don’t know that yet. They think that they are just playing a game of “Sharks and Boats” (aka “Walk The Plank”).

Screen shot 2010-02-08 at 1.07.39 AM.png

Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool


Homework

Information about homework expectations will be given out next week.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.

Log in details will be given out to students next week

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07ma02 February 04 2010

February 4, 2010 · No Comments

Thursday Session 5

Beginning session

Student continuing to play Numero so that the whole class is up to speed on the the basics of the game.

Numero is an arithmetic card game useful for building basic number skills.

Click on this link to visit the Numero website for more information.


Main part of the session

Usually we begin the term with Roman Numerals. For a change we are beginning with the number system that computers use (base 2).

We begin by groups of students figuring out how to count in base 2

169bhumn.gif

Click on this link to view the activity we are using. To log in you will need

User name: 631408

Password: kidsrcool


Homework

Information about homework expectations will be given out next week.

Student will have

  • A Mathletics account. They will be expected to log on 4 times a week to complete set activities.
  • A Blog. They will be expected to update it after every maths class.

Log in details will be given out to students next week

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