Week 1 Reflection: 3D Shapes

Over the last couple of days we have been working with 3D shapes. 3D stands for three dimensions and the three dimensions of a 3D shape are length, width and depth. The parts of a 3D shape are faces, edges and vertices (corners). The first pic below is a pyramid made out of sticks and glue tack. Pyramids have 5 faces, 8 edges and 5 vertices. The second pic is off a diamond. Diamonds have 8 faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices.

Week 7 Reflection: Chunking

In the last weeks I have been learning a strategy in maths which is 'chunking'. Chunking is a method for 2-4 digit multiplication. The purpose was thatI could have another strategy under my belt for later in life. Now when I am figuring out math problems one of the strategies I am going to use is chunking.

Basic Facts Ladder

The holidays are done and dusted so everybody is back at school. In this post I am going to talk about one of mr Herrings fantastic ideas to help us learn mathmatics. This strategy is called the Basic Facts Ladder. It has 63 levels of basic facts which go from stage 1-8 so is great for all levels.

The level I started on was level 52 and I finished the basic facts ladder just before the end of the term. I am really proud of my achievement.