Monday, 23 September 2013

Vocabulary

WAL to extend our knowledge of new vocabulary

gibbered: My father called it that because he said the children gibbered and screeched an hung upside down. My guess: talking nonsense.

revelled: He was in his element on boat. My mother revelled in it too My guess: happy

exhilarating: ...shimming over in the waves, exhilarating in the speed of it. My guess: keeping up with a speed.X Dictionary lively

redundont: They were both being made redundont. My guess: When your not need in your job or the job is being closed.

liability:To him all animals were a nuisance and on board nothing but a liability. My guess: something thats there but not being cared.X Dictionary: disadvantage                

This is what we did in class, so basicly the teacher wrote the word and the sentence then I wrote my guess and the dictionary meaning.      

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Number Talk

7821-3462=

Strategies: 7821                                    7000-3000=4000                 

                - 3462   = algerozem              800-400=400

                  4359                                     20-60=-40           = place value 

                                                               1-2=-1

                                                               4000+400=4400 

                                                               4400 - -60=4340                                                                              

                                                               4340 - -1=4359

This is a number talk and somethings we do it in class in the morning. Basicly a number talk is were someone writes a equation and you all write as many strategies as you can. After a while you take turns writing strategies up on the board so if you didn't write a strategie that is on the board you can go and ask the person how to do it. So its basicly learning new strategies.