MPI - Day 7 - Geometric Thinking

Geometry is always fun—for the teachers and the kids. Today, we have been introduced to a lot of really useful resources that I can easily incorporate into my planning. My students will benefit hugely from these resources, which will also be very engaging for them.

Subitising was introduced as this week's Maths Talk. While I can see the benefit of this for younger students, or those working at this level, I feel like my more able students wouldn't necessarily gain anything from this, so I think I would choose to target certain students/small groups with this.

Angles / 2D and 3D shapes were interesting. Sometimes you just stumble across snippets of information you don't know or haven't retained lol. Useful websites that we got to have a quick look at, but I must go back to include Geogebra, iknowit.com, and Polypad. 

Position and Orientation (Pathways 😏) - this is definitely one of the favourites. This was a cool activity (The Treasure Map). I would make it clearer where the treasure was though! I can see a lot of potential with this activity, and certainly having the students create their own (with answers) would be the most obvious. 

 

Overall an interesting day, with lots of great resources once again, which I love! My walls are looking a bit bare at present so bring on all the maths art :)

MPI Day 6 Measurement

So, Day 6 was all about measurement. Throughout the day, I discovered heaps of cool maths tools online, some of which I am still to explore properly, and others of which, from what I have seen, are going to be frequent flyers in my maths programme. 

The big message I got today was equipment, equipment, equipment. It's hands-on, doing, which I know, but it's a good reminder. Portraying mathematical problems visually, such as below,  took a bit to get my head around if I'm honest. The template, which we have met on previous days, where the problem is written in words, numbers and represented twice visually is great, and one which I will be using frequently. 

I loved this online activity, and I know my ākonga will also be engaged with this, while learning. 

Number Strings: While I haven't had a formal title for this activity, I do feel like I already do this to some degree (didn't know it was a thing). I have formalised this in the class over the past week, and also have had students create their own, at their level, which I think was beneficial. 

One last reminder for me, I need to print out this poster :)