Weight and Capacity

We have been learning about weight and capacity.

1kg = 1000g

1litre = 1000ml

Estimating and then measuring how
many potatoes are in 1 kg

Zack and Blair trying to make playdough
weights

Aotea and Katie working out how far away from 1 kg their estimation was

Issy counting how many 1/3 of a cup
fit inside the jug

Janice and Zack measuring how many
mls they used to make colours 

Georgina made a a container to hold 1/4 of a cup.
Look how close her estimation skills were.

Ruben cutting a lemon
I wonder how many mls of lemon
juice he will put in his lemonade?

Charlie and Keiarliya working together to make
a 200g weight.

How many kernels fit in 1/4 of a cup?
Great strategy of making groups of ten by this group

Angus and Pinenga testing how many mls
their containers hold

Squeezing lemon juice ready to make the perfect
lemonade. How many mls of lemon juice and sugar syrup? 

Jack measuring his lemon juice

Blake and Jordan calculating together
how many mls of each colour they will
use to make purple.

Weighing to find out what they can send in a
parcel and how much it will cost.

Jessica carefully measuring 2 tablespoons
of cocoa powder

Working together to put the mixture
in a cup ready for cooking

Estimating and counting in 1/3 of a cup. 

Maia following the instructions to cook
the chocolate cake

Yum! Chocolate cake.

If you would like to make the chocolate cake at home here is the recipe

WALT measure a fraction of an amount

                                           Follow the recipe to make a 1 cup chocolate cake

3 Table spoons flour
1/4 of a teaspoon of cinnamon
2 Tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1/2 large egg (scramble the egg in a bowl and then just use half)
30 mLs of vegetable oil
30mLs of water

1)   Mix all the ingredients together in a jar or cup

2)   Put in microwave for 2 minutes

3)   Let it cool down

4)   Eat and enjoy!

Rotation

We have been learning about rotation. Rotation means turn. 

We have been practising to visualise where shapes move to.

The shapes stay the same size and the shape just move around.

Here are some of our patterns we created by rotating shapes

Georgina

Bailee

Joseph

Jack W

Janice

Zack

Riley

Ashley

Holly

Blake

Tyler

Coopa

How many parts make a whole

We are learning how many parts make a whole. We have learnt that all parts of a fraction need to be the same size. 

Our challenge was to make a cake shop. In cake shops the cakes are cut up into parts so pieces can be sold. We had to cut the cakes up into different fractions and write the number sentence to show how many parts make up 1 whole. 

Created by Janice and Damarco

Created by Chahat

Created by Blake

Created by Blair

Created by Angus M and Whetu

Created by Kamora-Lee

Created by Holly

Created by Sam

Recycling

We have been learning about how important it is to reduce, reuse and recycle.

 Did you know that not all plastics are the same? 

We looked at some different plastics items and grouped them according to the numbers found on the plastic. The recycling number for plastic is found inside a triangle. It was easy to spot on some things but we had to look carefully to find it on other things. Some plastic items did not have a recycling symbol or number and this means it can not be recycled. 

Katie and Damarco looking carefully for the recycling number

All of these items have a number 1 on them

Ruben found a recycling number on this big bucket
then everyone began looking at all the plastic items around the classroom
to find out they can be recycled

James hunting for a recycling number but he couldn't find one

Even though these milk bottles look different they are both a number 2 plastic

Mac checking the lid and bottle have the same recycling number

Number 5 was found on all these items

Some lids and bottles had different recycling numbers.
We thought this was strange.

Blake found out that plastic shopping bags do not have a recycling number but
the small plastic bags have a recycling number of 4.

This is from the Hastings District Council website and shows what you can recycle and where it can be recycled.