Grade 4/5 Report
International Maths Day is celebrated across the world. Every year there is a new theme to flavour the celebration, spark creativity and bring light to connections between mathematics and all sorts of fields, concepts and ideas. The theme for this year is “Mathematics Unites.”
Grade 4/5 held their own celebrations yesterday. We started the day with changing our identity to a number. Then we had a Maths Snowball fight, where we threw snowball at each other. Each snowball had a maths question inside. When Miss Munson said “freeze” we picked up and opened our snowball. Then we shared our questions and answers. That was fun!
We then explored a number trick –
#1 - Think of a number
#2 - Double it
#3 - Add 10
#4 – Half number
# -Take away the original number
What number did you end up on? Try it again did you end up with the same number?
We played a game called “Shut the box” and other number games. After recess we worked in pairs to explore a variety of problems. We used lots of problem-solving skills. One of the highlights was making 3D models of shapes using marshmallows and skewers.
We read a story called “Plentiful” where a disgruntled magician, magically banished all numbers in the land. What were the consequences of this? We shared our ideas about what life would be like without numbers.
In the afternoon we looked at how maths and art work in harmony. We looked at and created some Fractal Triangles inspired by the work of Sierpinski.
Last of all we started a group mural based on cubes. When completed we will have a spectacular mural containing over one hundred cubes.
Overall, we had a great day! Maths is soooooooo much fun!
Tina Munson
Grade 4/5