Phoenix

Phoenix was able to make a 2D and 3D shape.  He was able to identify the vertices, edges and faces on his polyhedrons and polygons.

Here is Liam and Phoenix working out the volume of a book.

Here is Phoenix demonstrating his knowledge of proper and improper fractions

Symmetry art

Fraction work

Calculating area and perimeter

 Phoenix is able to rotate shapes in various ways using directional language, clockwise, anti-clockwise, north, and degrees.

Length activity:  Phoenix had to identify how many of his short snakes would fit into 21 cm.  His short snake measured 7 cm so he was able to say that 3 snakes would fit.

MEASUREMENT

Each class member participated in an experiment that used a variety of mathematical concepts.  This was an experiment out of Figure it Out Level 3/4 called 'Candle Trials'.  Children got to...

-Use a timer to identify how many seconds it takes for a candle to go out once a jar is place over top of it.

-Fill jars with water and estimate and measure the capacity

-Work out the average time it took for candles to burn out

-Compare the time taken to the capacity of the container

-Make predictions about the time it would take to burn a candle in another container (i.e. 2000 mls)

Everybody enjoyed this hands on experiment.