Fraction Maths

Chocolate Fractions

By Abby and Matt D

Our Year 5 class have been learning about fractions. Last Thursday we played the chocolate fractions game.  In the chocolate fractions game we had three chairs at  the front of our classroom with chocolate packs on them.  The first chair had one pack of chocolate. The second one had two chocolate packs on it and the third had three packs of chocolate. Year 5 had to pick which chair would give them the most amount of chocolate.

Kameron had the first choice and that was easy (he chose the seat with 3 packs).  From then on more students had the chance to come up to the front of the classroom to pick what chair they would get the most chocolate from.

We had whiteboards to see what fraction it would be, sometimes all the groups would have the same fraction which is called an equivalent fraction e.g 1/3,  2/6, 3/9. We would have to think and use our fraction brains to figure out the option would be the best and give us the most chocolate.

Which option you would choose?

Option 1- You would have 1/5 of the chocolate (1 bar)

Option 2- You would have 2/9 of the chocolate (1 1/9 bar)

Option 3- You would have 1/12 of the chocolate (1 3/12 bar)

What did you learn from the chocolate fractions lesson?

Constructive Feedback

By Abby, Vivian & Jamie

In Yr 5 we use constructive feedback to improve our work by getting feedback by other students in our class and our teacher. We started doing constructive feedback after watching a video about a boy called Austin. Austin is a 1st grader and had to draw a scientific butterfly and to accomplish that he used feedback from the other students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZo2PIhnmNY

First, we have to do constructive feedback-self you have to write your name, what draft number, then  you need to sign it, write the date, what is your learning goal, what you did well and what you need to improve on.

Next, you have to show your work to two of your friends so they could fill in the constructive Feedback-peer and then you use what they said you need to improve on e.g. If they told you to be more creative you could add some colour to your work.

Finally, you have to give your work to your teacher and they will fill in the constructive feedback-Teacher

Goal

A goal is your aim, or what you want to achieve.

Medal

A medal is what you did well.

Mission

Mission is what you can do to improve.

Thank you for reading our blog post. What do you enjoy most about constructive feedback?