Telling the time

How to learn to use an analogue clock to tell the time: top tips

• wear a watch which is analogue and tell the time
• ask your parents to ask you questions about the time during the day
• set your analogue alarm clock and use it to help you get up
• use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 30 minutes
• use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 15 minutes
• use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes 
• use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 1 minute 

When you've mastered telling the time, work out differences between times.  Try this site for some practice.

Want a real challenge?  Try this NRICH problem.

Home Learning - Set on Friday 24th February, due in on Wednesday 7th March

We've been learning about area and perimeter.

This site has some really good practice activities for you to try:
http://www.matematicasdivertidas.com/Zonaflash/juegosflash/perimetros.swf

Your home learning is to carefully draw as many shapes as you can which have an area of 16 squared centimetres.  Label their width and their length.

Please:
use squared paper and a sharp pencil, use this link if you need more squared paper
make sure your lines are straight by using a ruler.

Extension 1: Red, orange, yellow and green maths groups should try to do this
Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?

Extension 2: Red and orange maths groups should try to do this
Investigate with shapes with an area of 20 squared centimetres.

Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?

Area and Perimeter

What is area?

What is perimeter?

What units do we use to measure area?

What units do we use to measure perimeter?

How do we measure the area of a rectangle?

How do we measure the area of a triangle?

Please leave your answer as a comment.

Coordinates

Do you know how to describe how you're moving?

Which words can you think of?

We can use coordinates to help...go here for some practice.


Want some help with area?  Here is a geoboard - but online.  Use it to help make shapes and then use the measure button to work out the areas and the perimeters.

Multiplying and Area

Have a look at this link for a great way of visualising multiplying and area.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_322_g_2_t_1.html?from=category_g_2_t_1.html

Maths tab

Don't forget that at the top of the blog you should be able to see several tabs, including maths, topic, building learning power etc..

In the maths tab there are many useful links including the maths trainer site for x tables.

I have just added some helpful sites for using Venn diagrams...one of the areas to look at from the recent maths assessments.

Click here to have a look at the maths page.

Fractions

We'll be looking at fractions this week.

Have a look at this fraction wall activity for some extra practice.

First Connect Three

Here's a great game which helps you practice addition and subtraction of positive and negative numbers.
You want to connect three numbers by adding or subtracting the numbers you roll on a dice.
You can play against the computer or against a friend.
Click on the link here to have a go.

Read the instructions first...

Here's an activity to help you become more accurate at measuring.  Measure the Zooks!




To read up on measuring, go here.

Think you've got it? Go to the quiz here and post your score as a comment...don't forget to add your name to the comment.

Welcome to the Class Blog

Well done!
You have found your way to the class blog and you will be able to use the maths trainer to help you improve your maths.
Please keep a record of your achievements in your home school book:

1. number answered correctly


2. percentage correct


3. Maths facts level (the first level we can call level 1...up to level 6)

Try to have a go three times a week.

When you have made really good progress, post a comment by clicking on the button below with your first score and your best score.  Please type your first name in your comment. 

No name = no comment!

Good Luck!

Well done to Brooklyn for being the first to post a comment.