Mixed-ability Maths

Kia ora,

For our first term we have been doing some mixed-ability maths groups. 

What I liked about mixed-ability groups is that it helps us with our maths and that with the groups it can help us make more connections from other people in maths.

What I enjoyed about mixed-ability groups is that when we work together we can accomplish lot more than we think we can. 

What I thought was difficult was when we had to change groups because you would not know who would be in your group.

I really like working in mixed- ability groups. I liked it a lot it was fun. We got to learn about more maths.

Overall, I think that when we do more mixed-ability groups I think that we will be more on to it.

Ariana's Maths Understanding Term 1

Kia ora bloggers,
 My name is Ariana. For this week we have been doing addition problems. We were learning how to turn a tricky addition problem into an easier one by using equal adjustments. This strategy helps you change the numbers from tricky numbers to tidy numbers and then it is easier to add them. 
I thought it was hard trying to answer the thousands questions. 
I thought it was easy trying to answer the hundreds problems.
For some of the problems, I had to use place value partitioning as well to get the answers.
 Here is my slide I made that has my learning on it....