Maths: Multiplication

This term our class has been doing more Problem Solving. We were learning how to solve multiplication problems by using different strategies.

On Thursday we used an app on the iPad called Explain Everything. This app is an interactive whiteboard that allows us to collaborate, write, record and share our maths thinking.

My maths mate and I decided to share how we solved the following multiplication problem. We used the strategy of place value.

We hope you enjoy our maths tutorial.

Please comment below if you learnt something new from our video.

Storybird Poetry Anthology

This term Jackson’s Studio has been writing lots of different poems. Over the last week we have been publishing our poems on a website called Storybird. On Storybird we turned our poems into a book called Poetry Anthology, because an anthology is a collection of poems.

Here is my book which my haiku, diamante, cinquain, acrostic, my James K Baxter inspired poem and two sense poems. Can you guess which poem is which?

I hope you enjoyed reading my poems. What one was your favourite?

Chapter Chat - There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

This term we have been part of Chapter Chat, a twitter based book chat. We have read a book called ‘There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom’ which is about two boys Bradley & Jeff. A counsellor came to the school and at first Bradley hated the counsellor. But when he had another visit the counsellor gave him some advice.

Every Friday we went on Twitter with other schools in New Zealand that are also part of Chapter Chat. When we are on Twitter we answered questions in small groups about what we had read in the last week. Each week we also had to complete at least one quality Chapter Chat activity to share on Twitter.

This is one of my activities where I have completed what I thought the parents garage would look like in the book. It has white dots with a purple background.

This is my second activity where Lachlan and I made a cake with orange and blue strips under it. It was Colleen's birthday cake except our version of it.

What one was your favourite? Mine was the birthday cake because working with a buddy is very easy.

Haiku poem

In Jackson's Studio, as part of our poetry unit for writing we have been learning how to write a haiku poem. A haiku poem is a popular Japanese poem that traditionally has three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.

We took our notebooks into the playground and brainstormed words associated with an object. I chose the slide because it was the most easiest thing I could do.

Next we came inside and composed our haiku poem using a website.

Here is mine, I hope you enjoy it.

Welcome to my 2018 Blog

Welcome to my 2018 Blog.

This year I am in Jackson’s Studio - Room 18 and my teacher’s name is Mrs Drewett.

I am very excited to share my learning journey with you this year.

I will be posting at least every fortnight so please check my blog regularly.

Feel free to enter your email into the “Follow by Email” gadget on the right hand side and you will get an email every time there is a new post on my blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment on my posts to help me with my learning.

Thanks
Dylan