WPS Takahe Mathematical Thinkers: Our Solutions to Happy Halves

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Our Solutions to Happy Halves

Happy Halves

Each of these images shows squares split in half. How can you check that each is correct? How can you convince someone that each is split in half?

We think.......

"These are halves because they are shared equally. Both halved are the same size" - Mesepa, Tehillah, Akesa & Cephas

"First we thought that these are not halves but then we used papers and cut them into pieces and put the shapes as shown in the picture. Then we all agreed after measuring the shapes we could see that they were equally cut into halves." - Taylen Setu Abrielle & Antonia
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2 comments:

AnonymousJune 8, 2021 at 5:21 PM
Fantastic explanations and mathematical reasoning! Ka Pai! from Room 9 at Glen Taylor school.
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s.alluriJune 8, 2021 at 11:20 PM
Thank You Room 9 from Glen Taylor School for your positive feedback - from Takahe Mathematical Thinkers
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TĀKUPU | COMMENTS

Mr Lou Reddy - WPS Tumuaki ( Principal) Ka rawe te mahi pangarau e te Takahē tamariki mā! Cool work in your maths Takahē kids! So amazing to hear students using mathematical argumentation to explain their answers too. Keep up the great work. Message from Room 4 St Mary's School - Cheryl Torrie Kia ora Takahe, We are Room 4 at St Mary's School. We are your blogging buddies. Good job for learning about making a whole says Elissea. That was very cool how you made wholes says Vinnie. I like your work says Lili. I like your fractions. I learnt that you can make a whole from rectangles cut as fractions says Fiske. R4 St Marys School Lou Reddy ( WPS Principal) Ei mua, mako rai - welldone Takahe maths champions. Being a kaitiaki while doing maths and composting.

Lou Reddy (WPS TUMUAKI) - Kia ora whaea, ngā mihi nui as this is such special student voice. The students are cooperating, sharing and showing intelligent mathematical reasoning. Keep it up Ka rawe ngā tamariki o Takahe. Lou Reddy - "Well done Antonia, Taylen, Setu and Tehillah. You are all sharing in your Maths learning in a wonderful way. Thanks Mrs Alluri for the Matariki Maths post."

Danielle - Taylen's Mum commented - "Great explanation Taylen. I liked how you worked out how to count them in twos. Well done."

Lou Reddy- "Some of the Takahe kids visited me this week with their learning and wow they have really improved in their explanations and argumentative reasoning in Maths. Well done Mrs Alluri and the DMIC crew of Takahe."

Room 9 at Glen Taylor school - "Fantastic explanations and mathematical reasoning! Ka Pai! from Room 9 at Glen Taylor school."

Sue Scott commented on "Week 4 - Fractions -"Kia ora Takahe Mathematical Thinkers. We liked the number line that you looked at. We could see circles and half circles too. We thought you all did very well counting in halves, ka pai, great job. We would like to try counting in halves too. Thanks for sharing your great learning with us."

Antonia-"Thank you for helping us from Antonia"

Samantha Bound - "WOW! I enjoyed listening to you all participate and communicate the ways you worked it out. Have you thought about using explain everything so you can draw/write while talking? Would be great to see the process! Keep up the wonderful work Takahe and Mrs Alluri!"

Asi Fifita-"I like the way you did the graph and shared your data using a bar graph"

Antonia Whanau- "Awesome ANTONIA. I like your work on the Maths blog"