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End of basic facts 2016

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Here is a copy of my last basic facts test for the rest of the year.
I am working at  level 6 stage 3. At the begging of the year, I was working at the begging of the year level 1 Stage 4.
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My strategy

STRATEGY STAGE 5  Bailey

Early Additive - Part-Whole

This first section is about addition and subtraction.  I can do this.   I can’t do this yet.

Solve simple problems mentally using basic facts they know: - Doubles: 8+7 = 8+8-1	8 + 7 =	Solve this problem using the doubles strategy.	6 + 7 =
- Fives:	Example: 8+7= 5+3+5+2	Solve this problem using the fives strategy.	7 + 6 =
- Making Tens:	Example: 8+7=8+2+5	Solve this problem using the Making Tens strategy.	7 + 5 =
Solve 2&3 digit problems by: -Tidy Numbers:	Example: 29+18 as 30+17	Solve this problem using the Tidy Numbers strategy.	37 + 15 =
- Place Value:	Example: 33+16 as 30+10+3+6	Solve this problem using the Place Value strategy	37 + 15 =
-Using rounding and compensating to solve addition problems	Example I can solve 29  + 29 = by doing 30 + 30 =60 Then, 60 - 2 = 58 So, 29 + 29 = 58	Solve this addition problem using rounding and compensation.	19 + 19 =
I can use rounding and compensating to solve subtraction problems	Example I can solve 28 - 9 = by doing 28 - 10  =18 Then, 18 +1 = 19 So, 28 - 9 = 19	Solve this subtraction problem using rounding and compensation	37 - 9 =
Reflection/Comment: There aren’t any answers on here as you worked these out on paper and this page just shows whether or not you could solve certain kinds of problem. You got 6/7 which is pretty good. You are definitely ready to move up to Stage 6 thinking but you do need to re-do some lessons about rounding and compensation. Mrs B😀 I am quite happy with how I did. 😕
Strategy Stage 5  Level 2       This is what I can do and  what I can’t do yet.
This next section is about multiplication and division.    Bailey T4 2016
Solve problems by: - using repeated addition with problems involving 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s and 10’s at least	Example: 6 x 5 = 5 +5+5+5+5+5 =	Solve this problem by using the Repeated Addition strategy.	6 x 4 =
- or forming the factors when the basic fact is known	Example: I know that 6 x 5 = 30  so I can solve this missing number problem. 6 x ______ = 30	Solve this missing number problem by using this known fact.	8 x 4 = 32 So 8 x _______ = 32
The next section is about fractions.
- Find a fraction of a number by trial and improvement with addition facts	Example: ⅓ of 12 =	Solve this fraction problem by using addition facts.	What is ¼ of 8?
- Find fractions of shapes and lengths including fractions greater than 1	Example: This shape shows ½ These shapes show 1  and a half	Draw a shape to show Draw shapes to show	¼ 1 and a quarter
Reflection/Comment:  There aren’t any answers on here as you worked these out on paper and this page just shows whether or not you could solve certain kinds of problem. You need to go back to Maths Buddy and re-do some exercises about finding fractions of numbers, shapes and lengths, especially fractions which are bigger than 1. Mrs B😀 I’m happy that I did well in multiplication. Fractions are tricky.😕

Soft ball term 4

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This is an activity we did when we were learning how to play soft ball

Something I think I have done well is bating but

next time I think I could improve is running

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Tourism

Kia ora, here is a presentation I made about tourism in NZ. We had to investigate tourism activities which were based on the sea/sea animals. Plus: I got to work with clever, helpful cousins. Minus: It was hard finding the right answers to some questions. Interesting:  There was real-life earthquake last week which damaged real-life tourist activities based on the sea in Kaikoura.

Thinglink seas/oceans

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This is an activity we did about seas/oceans using the Thinglink app. This is the first time I have made something using Thinglink so I hope someone will give me some feedback.

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Term 4 Recount.

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Here is the recount I wrote  for an Asttle writing test in Week 4.  Our teacher marked all our recounts and gave us our scores. Mine came out at Level 2p which is just below the end of year standard for Year Five. I need to work on punctuation and spelling. I got the best score for sentence structure.

Then we helped each other to improve them by reading each other’s recount and talking about them. We also used Revision Assistant to help edit each other’s story and Mrs B added some notes as well. Everyone in our room likes Revision Assistant because it’s easy to understand the marks notes that it puts on your writing and so it’s quick for us to go and do the fix-ups. We have to make our stories perfect in spelling, grammar and punctuation before we are allowed to publish them here.

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“Yahoo!  "I said ."We're going to Paihia."

"Get your gear," Mum said.  Aunty Jag,Uncle Pete,Alexis,Papa Joe,Nana T, Ben and my bigger cousin   

were waiting for us at the beach.

"I’ve got my gear, "I said .

" OK, go put it in the car, “said Dad. "Let’s go."

When we got to Paihia we parked by the park were our aunty   Was “Can we play on the park ?" I asked Mum.

"Yep, " she said. I took my cousin Alexis, my brother,sisters  and bigger cousin on the park to play. “Let’s play tag, " my big cousin Autumn said but I said, "I’m going for a swim".

" Ohh, " she said ."I’m coming too then .Let's go get our togs ."

After a little while we had kai."Kids, it's time to go home now, "the adults said. " We will stop at the shop and get an ice block."

"Mum, can I go stay at Aunty's house? " I asked.

She said, "Yep."

I felt tired at the end of the day .    

Google Drawing Mt Ruapehu

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This is an activity we did when we were learning how to get better at Google Draw.

Something I think I have done well  is using a combination of pictures, shapes and words.

Next time I think I could improve the size of things so they look more real.

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My multiplication results for term 2

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This week we had to re-do the multiplication test that we did at the start of the year to see what improvement we had made. Last time I got a score of 14/30 and I knew my 1x and 5x tables. This time my score was 16/30 and I know my 1x, 2x and 5x tables. This means my multiplication knowledge is only at Stage 5 Level 2. I need to learn my 10x tables because I need to be working at Stage 6 Level 3 by the end of the year.

My basic facts for term 2

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This week we had to re-do the basic facts test that we did at the start of the year to see what improvement we had made. Last time I got a score of 3/60 at Level 2 Stage 5.This time my score was 33/60 at level 2 Stage 5. Mrs b was very happy that i improved my score by 30 points. I need to learn my groupings within 100, subtraction facts to 20 and the multiplication and division facts for the 2x, 5x and 10x tables because I need to be working at level 3 Stage 6 by the end of the year.

Two way tables

This is the test I took at the end of our statistics unit. I improved my picture graphs score but I need to work on two way tables.

My description writing

Hello In week 8 term 2 we learned how to write good descriptions. We had to choose an animal and use our senses to help describe it. We needed nouns, verbs and adjectives and we could use a simile if we wanted to. Here is my published description. We had partners and we had to help each other.

What am I ?

I am an animal. I am a herbivore and I am a mammal.I live in Africa.

I have a body shaped like a horse with black and white stripes. I have short, pointy ears, and a tail like a dust brush.

I can walk, trot and run like a horse on my four legs. Sometimes I can run as fast as a car.

My baby is so cute and so soft. I feed it milk and take care of it.

By Bailey.

Fun Friday

Hi Our class is raising money for our ski trip in term 3 and we all had to get in teams and run games or make food for  a Fun Lunchtime. My group did a game called Spy and you had to climb through a whole lot of strings that looked like lasers. Freedom had the idea from a movie. lots of kids came and tried our game and we made lots of money.

My argument about cats

Kia ora  Here are the cue cards for my argument/speech about cats are the best pets. I worked in a group with Hollie, Ashton, Quintin and Taylor. Mrs B helped us and we all had to say our speech in class. the red dots are where you put the holes for each card.

Cats make the best pets.	Do you have a cat as a pet? I believe that cats make the best pets in the world.
Firstly, they are fluffy and warm to cuddle. Secondly,they catch and eat rats and mice.Thirdly, they bury their woopsies in the garden and don’t poo on your lawn.	Cats are mammals which are warm-blooded animals which have hair on their bodies. The hair on cats is very fine and soft which makes them nice to cuddle. Do you remember the last time you stroked a cat? Do you remember running your hand over their lovely fur while you listened to their delicious, rumbly purr? There is hardly a person on the planet who can resist the cuddliness of a cat.
Cats help keep our homes free of unhealthy rats and mice by hunting and eating them. If you have a cat you don’t have to worry about setting nasty traps and leaving them to lurk in secret corners inside your house where you forget about them until an awful pong lets you know you caught something. Eeeeeerrrrkkkk!!! Then you have to get the disgusting dead thing and get it out of your house without spewing everywhere. When you have a cat, it’s their job to get rid of rodents and they happily do it for no pay at all. You don’t have to lift a finger.	Your pet cat will never leave stinky piles of poo on your lawn like dogs do. Cats always bury their business in a hole in the garden. They do this so that other cats who might invade their territory and fight them have a harder job to find them. You have to admit that’s much more clever than dogs who just leave putrid piles everywhere. Also, your flowers get some fertiliser added to the soil they are growing in. What helpful pets cats are! Cute, cuddly and also clean and clever.
So, I am sure you must agree with me. Cats are scrumptiously lovely to cuddle, they keep your house free of nasty pests, and they are clean and tidy little creatures. They are definitely the best pets of all.

Reading arguments

Our class has been learning how to write speechs  and  an argument and this is what we did in reading to help us in this activity. We had to use colours to match them.

The first paragraph of an argument is called the THESIS. A THESIS is something that you believe. In a piece of argument writing, a THESIS is made up of two parts. Part 1 is your sentence about what you believe.This is called a POSITION STATEMENT.

Part 2 is made up of three sentences each of which tells one argument in support of what you believe. This is called your PREVIEW OF ARGUMENTS. These three sentences start with Firstly, Secondly and Thirdly.

In this exercise you need to match a POSITION STATEMENT with a PREVIEW OF ARGUMENTS.Use the ‘Fill tool’ to colour code the matching statements.

I believe that no one should be able to have more than two children.	Firstly, they are much cleaner than dogs. Secondly, they are easier to look after. Thirdly, they are much softer and fluffier than dogs.
I believe that dairy farmers are not doing enough to prevent pollution of waterways on their land.	Firstly, chocolate is something people get addicted to.Secondly, often it is very expensive.Thirdly, people have been known to kill for chocolate.
I believe that homework should be banned.	Firstly,we have had too many male Prime Ministers who were ineffective. Secondly, females tend to think people are more important than money. Thirdly, females usually are much better at creating good teamwork.
I believe that chocolate is a drug.	Firstly, both parents work full time nowadays. Secondly, raising children is very expensive. Thirdly, large families lead to cramped, unhealthy living conditions.
I believe that future Prime Ministers of NZ should all be female.	Firstly, homework is ineffective. Secondly, it is unfair. Thirdly, kids have better things to do after school.
I believe that cats make better pets than dogs.	Firstly, farmers are not completing the fencing of waterways on time. Secondly, they are leaving gaps in fences that stock can get through.Thirdly, they spray too much effluent onto paddocks which drain into creeks.