In Room 29 we have been doing problem solving based learning in maths. We have learned how mathematicians work together to solve problems First they need to find the key information, think about what the problem is asking, next they give it a go the they share their thinking or strategy to others and prove their answer.
We know that good mathmeticians...
....give it a go...sometimes disagree but that's ok...never give up but say "this isn't working i'll try something else"...take risks...share their thinking...prove their answers...make connections...work together...make mistakes...check their answers....know problems can have more than one answer!
Check out some of the problems we have been working on...
Ahmed used cubes to make a rod four cubes long:
How many cubes did he need to make a rod twice the length of that one?
How many cubes did he need to make one three times the length?
How many cubes did he need to make one four times the length?
One is a snail, ten is a crab
We read the book One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab and had to find different ways to show numbers using the number of legs different animals in the story had, a snail has 1 leg, a person has 2 legs, a dog has 4 legs... a crab has 10 legs!
By Jiah and India
Look at all of our different solutions.
By James and Rico
By Harry and Lawson
How many different ways can you make 25, click here for the full story.
1 comments:
That looked like interesting problems to solve. Well done Room 29.
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