Sunday, 30 July 2017

Basic facts Practice

1,2,3 Maths

Two players sit opposite each other and like the game Paper, Scissors, Rock, they hold closed fists and count to three.  They open their hands and show a certain number of fingers. The first person to add/multiply/subtract the fingers, wins a point.


Memory Doubles

Spread the doubles facts cards face down
Turn over 2 cards. If the cards match (there is an equation that matches the answer such as 4+4 and 8) then the player keeps their cards.
The winner is the person with the most pairs
Another way to play:
Pick up a card
If you get an equation like 5+5 you call out the answer.
If you get it right you keep the card
If you pick up a number, call out the equation that matches the answer
The winner is the person with the most cards





Quick Subtraction

Put the number cards face down
roll two dice to find a number between 11-20
choose a card
subtract that number from the dice total
You must answer in 5 seconds or the card goes back in the pile
If you answer in 5 seconds you keep the card
The winner is the one with the most cards



Add and multiply

Roll 4 dice
Players race to produce the largest value
For example, If 2, 4. 5 6 are thrown, they could be paired as
2+4 and 5+6 which would give 6x11=66
2+5 and 4+6 would give 7x10=70
2+6 and 4+5 would give 8x9=72 – this is the highest total so is the winner
Keep score of the winners on a piece of paper




I Spy
You need a pack of cards with the face cards removed
Ace counts as 1
Deal out the cards in 10 rows of 4
Players take turns to say “I spy a number…” (for example, “I spy two numbers that multiply to make 30”)
The other player looks for two cards that equal the I spy total.
If they get it right they keep the cards.
If they can’t find cards or choose the wrong ones, the person who said “I spy” keeps the cards.
The winner is the person with the most cards.



Make it many ways (independent activity)
Make a two-digit number from a pile of cards
Roll two dice - Add this number to your number
Roll one dice - Multiply your number by this number
Roll two dice - Subtract your number from this number
Roll one dice – divide your number by this number
Make your number as many times as you can with addition, subtraction, division and multiplication facts (maths hero)



Memory Halves and Doubles

Spread the doubles and halves facts cards face down
Turn over 2 cards. If the cards match (eg: “½ of 4” and “2” or “Double 5” and “10”) then the player keeps their cards.
The winner is the person with the most pairs
Another way to play:
Pick up a card
If you get “½ of 6” you call out the answer, “3”.
If you get “8” you can call out “Double 4” or “1/2 of 16”
If you get it right you keep the card
The winner is the person with the most cards



Closest total
put a pile of cards in the middle of the table
take two from the top and put next to each other
Each player takes two cards from the pile
add or multiply the two cards in the middle
each player adds or multiplies their own cards
The person whose total is closest to the total of the cards in the middle in the winner is the winner
Keep score with a pencil and paper

Facts to 10
Spread a pack of cards face down on the floor (the Ace = 1, the Queen = 0).
Each player takes turns to pick up two cards
Keep the pairs that add up to 10
The winner is the one with the most pairs is the winner

Matching Facts
Put cards face down on ground
Take turns at picking up two cards
If the two totals match keep both cards
If not put them back
Winner is one with the most pairs


Add the Dice
The first player rolls both dice.
If a 6 is rolled then roll again. The player then adds the two dice together.
This is their score for the first round.
Record the score on a piece of paper. The second player then has a turn.
At the end of 5 rounds each player adds their 5 scores together and the winner is the player with the highest total score.
Halves of “ty” numbers
Use the doubles and halves cards to play memory.
The aim of the game is to find as many matching pairs as possible by remembering where the cards are.
  • Spread out all the cards face down.
  • Turn over 2 cards. If the cards match, for example; "1/2 of 80" and "40" players get to keep the pair. If the cards don’t match, players replace them face down.
  • Take turns to try and find a matching pair.
The winner is the player with the most pairs


Addition basic Facts Game
Shuffle cards and place in a face down pile between the players. Give each player a game board.
Players take turns to select two cards and arrange them to make an addition fact.
For example, 4 and 12 makes 12 + 4.
If the answer is available on the player’s game board they can put a counter on it
The cards are returned to the bottom of the pile.
The winner is the first player to put 5 counters on their game board.
Match multiplication and Division Facts
Shuffle cards and deal 6 cards to each player.
The remaining cards are placed in a pile face down between the players.
The aim is to make matching pairs of cards, for example, 6 x 7 = 42 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7 are a pair.
Players take turns to ask each other for a card, for example, “do you have the pair for 3 x 8 =24?”.
If the player has the card they give it to the person, if not they say “Go Fish” and the person takes a card from the pile.
The winner is the first player to put all their cards into pairs on the table.







Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Spiders!


Kahikatea Room 1 are making spiders to help fundraise for camp.  Some of us had never tried one, so we made some in class, and then wrote descriptive poems about what we saw, felt and heard as we drank them.

Yum.


I saw fizzing,frothing,creamy pink soda in my shiny cup.
I heard people slurping the remains of their spider.
I also heard the quiet fizzing pink,frothy soda.
I felt the ice cream sliding silkily down my throat.
I also felt the soda tickling my throat.
I wondered what caused the reaction when the soda met the ice cream.
Hayden


I saw foam as silky as wet cobwebs.
I heard slurping everyone slurping like 5 year olds.
I felt the boulder like chunk of creamy vanilla ice cream falling down my throat.
I wondered what colour the spider would be if the ice cream was rainbow coloured.
Jindra


I saw the fizzy bubbles fizzing in the cup.
I heard kids slurping up all the cloudy soft bubbles.
I felt the bubbly froth fizzing in my throat.
I wondered why it was so frothy.
Clare


I saw a thick layer of fluffy foam slowly rising from above the lemonade.
I heard people guzzling down their spiders.
I felt soda sliding down my throat like a waterfall.
I wondered if there was more.
Maya



Friday, 3 March 2017

Food Fair Fun

Kahikatea were lucky enough to help make lolly necklaces for the Food Fair this year.  It involved lots of tricky knot-tying, but we did a fab job! 







Friday, 24 February 2017

Tuakana Beach Trip

Here are some photos from our recent beach trip.  Thanks to the Weather-Gods and everyone who helped us on the day!











Saturday, 11 February 2017

Welcome to Kahikatea!

Tena koutou katoa! Here we all are in the first week of term, all ready to go and eager to learn!





Our class name is the name of one of the tallest native trees In New Zealand.  Traditionally the wood from the Kahikatea tree was used to make waka because it was light and easy to work with.  We use the analogy of travelling together in a waka when we are learning at Miramar Central School.  You can read more about the waka story at MCS here .   

Our class Karakia is about how we will stand tall together and work together as one.

E tu Kahikatea
Hei whapai uruoa
Awhi mai awhi atu
Tatou tatou e.

Stand like the Kahikatea
To brave the storms
Embrace one another
We are one together.