This afternoon, we have done some whiteboard word on some gaps in our arithmetic which are few and far between. We’ve been revisiting ones where we have made a minor error in the calculation rather than not knowing how to do it. We will continue revising different questions types until we’ve completed our assessments in week 3.
In our final statistics lesson, Crew Hamill worked on reading data from tables and inputting missing data. We looked at a range of different questions in mini crews in which we had to use tables of data to identify values. These questions involved addition and subtraction too so we were able to recap our written methods.
To complete our statistics unit in maths, Crew Hamill began by learning how to interpret bar charts. We looked at what a bar chart was and worked as a crew to discuss what different bar charts were illustrating. We then worked in mini crews to answer questions on what the bar charts were showing us. After this, we used the information we gathered when completing pictograms and this time illustrated the data in our own bar charts.
Today we interpreted line graphs which we all enjoyed 🙂
Yesterday afternoon, we were set the challenge to see if Miss Shields had made any mistakes in the arithmetic test. This is a skill that we’ve been trying to improve as we have been making some minor errors in our arithmetic tests that could be corrected if we ensured we checked our working out. We were able to spot the mistakes and could identify where she had gone wrong.
Crew Hamill had so much fun in maths today when we worked as a crew to gather data about all of our favourite things. We then used this data to create pictograms that illustrated our findings. We talked about the key and which pictures and values would be best to represent our data. After we’d done a couple together, we then worked on gathering our own data and producing our own pictograms.
Today we continued our maths work on bar charts where we interpreted them then had a go at drawing our own.
Today we consolidated our learning on digital time and pictograms in our do now activity then Interpreted bar charts in our main maths lesson 🙂
Today, Crew Hamill kickstarted their new maths unit – statistics – by interpreting pictograms. We first identified what a pictogram was and discussed how these are used to illustrate data. We worked as a crew to discuss a pictogram that detailed the number of animals a vet had seen during a week. We identified that a key shows what each of the pictures are worth within the table and then used this to answer a number of questions about it. Following this, we worked in mini crews to answer a range of questions about different pictograms, interpreting the data in front of us.
Crew Hamill finished their money unit in maths by spending the lesson working out how much change people should receive. They had three activities to complete on a round robin. The first group involved continuing in our fruit and veg shop with Miss Kelly. They identified the items they wanted to buy, worked out how much they were going to cost them and then worked out the change they should get when purchasing with £5 or £10. The second group involved working their way around the room to identify challenge questions (1, 2 or 3 stars for difficulty) and solving them. These all involved either one step or multi step questions that required them to identify change. The final group involved working in a cafe. The children had to choose one drink, one food item and one dessert. They then had to work out how much they had spent by adding the amounts together. Once they knew what they had spent, they had to work out how much change they would get from £5 or £10.
