Time For A New Type Of Maths

On Monday at Paihia School in Te Ngahere we did some new maths. We had to figure out more ways to solve 16 x 8. I figured out that 32 x 4 and some other equations that I don’t remember also makes 16 x 8 which equals to 128. What I thought was hard was probably when I had to try and find more ways to solve it because I didn’t know any other equations that also equal 128. What I thought was easy was when I found out an equation because all I needed to do was go 32 across and 4down. What I think I could do better next time is maybe listen to the teacher so I understand and know what to do. Would you be able to find out more ways to solve 16 x 8?

What I learnt about rockets from panui

On Monday at Paihia School in Te Ngahere we learnt some panui about rockets. We used T-Shape to learn and tell what variables the people in the book changed, what the design process was and more. What I thought was hard was probably when I had to explain Newton's laws of motion because I just didn't understand and I had trouble trying to explain the relevance of Newton's law of motion. What I thought was easy was probably when I had to tell what variables they changed because in the story they basically just tell you what they changed. What I think I could do better next time is to make sure that I understand so I can get my work done faster. Would you be able to understand Newton’s law of motion if you did our Panui?

When I Did A Math DLO

Last week at Paihia School in Te Ngahere we did a math DLO. DLO stands for digital learning object. We were learning to use a protractor to use angles. For our math DLO we had to explain how to use a protractor to use angles and measure degrees. What I thought was hard was trying to explain how to do it because I didn’t have any ideas on how to explain it but eventually I explained it because I got some of my friends to help me. What I thought was easy was doing the math equation because I understood what do to unlike the Math DLO.  What I think I could do better next time is maybe try to make sure that my explanation makes more sense. How would you measure degrees?

When I Did A Narrative Writing

On Thursday last week at Paihia School  Te Ngahere did some narrative writing. Our writing topic was a flu pandemic(covid-19). In my story a new virus is born and kills people. The people didn’t know why people were dying until four guys named Donald,
Steve, Zack, Lee figured out why and they went back in time to stop the virus. My focus was to make sure I have several Ideas with some extra information and also choose words that want to make people read my story .What I thought was hard was probably the second paragraph because I didn’t really know what to write for it. What I thought was easy was the last paragraph because I actually knew what to write. What I think I could do better next time is probably add more detail and descriptive words so that the readers are interested.

When I Did A New Type Of Art

On Thursday  week 8 in Te Ngahere at Paihia School we did a new type of art called poupou art. To draw it we had to fold the paper into thirds and fold it in half. After that we drew a heart shape at the top of the paper then we drew a heart inside of the heart so it looks like a mouth. We then drew the nose and the eyes and the head. After that we drew the body, arms, legs and then the patterns. Once we were done with that we went onto a bigger piece of paper and drew it on there. After that we drew over the lines with vivid and then we coloured it. What I thought was hard was probably the patterns because I mostly didn’t know what kind of patterns to put on the body. What I thought was easy was probably folding it because all you need to do is… well fold it. What I think I could do better next time is maybe do some more creative patterns.

The Time I Did A Trickshot

On Monday at Paihia School Te Ngahere did some trickshot. We had to throw a ping pong ball into a cup in a creative way. It also had to bounce off a surface, have cardboard and take at least 3 seconds. When we made the trickshot and got it on camera we had to make a reflection. My group trickshot was get some chairs, get a box and put the cup in there, put a ramp made out of cardboard on the chair so that it would land in the cup then we throw the ball. What I thought was hard was trying to make the ball go into the cup because we had to stay in a spot so we could get it in the cup. What I thought was easy was nothing everything was hard but at least we got the trickshot because we never gave up. What I think I could do better next time is stop changing the ideas and stick to one because if we stuck to one idea we probably would of gotten the trickshot faster. How would you do your trickshot?

Do I have my maths eyes?

In Te Ngahere we have been doing some maths about our maths eyes. We did maths about gingerbread men and we had to notice stuff about them. We copied a slideshow on our class site and did the stuff the questions on it ask us what do to and did another activity after it. I noticed that all the buttons were different colours and that they `all have hats on.What i think i could do better next time is notice more things so that i can make a better blog post about it. What I thought was hard was noticing more stuff because i didn't really see anything different about them.what i thought was easy was the slideshow because we just needed to do the stuff the questions on there asked us. Do you have maths eyes?