HAPPY MATHS
Math lessons
EMOTIONAL COACHING
Topic: Written multiplication by multi-digit numbers – lesson 1 & 2 (Emotional Coaching).
Written multiplication by multi-digit numbers is one of the skills that a student should acquire at the level of early grades of the second educational stage in Poland. It can be a bit of a problem for students at first, as it requires repeated practice before they become proficient in solving it. However, we want to take advantage of this situation and familiarize students with the possibilities offered by a positive approach to failure, the right approach to overcoming difficulties and the understanding that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes and asking questions. During the lessons the students had the possibility to mark their emotions. The psychological approach of emotional coaching has been adjusted. Students’ conclusions of the lessons:- It's okay if I don't understand all the things at first, that's why I'm learning to understand them
- when I do not understand something, I can ask a question or ask for help in understanding,
- some tasks need to be repeated several times to remember how to solve them,
- emotions can change quickly, including negative ones,
- it's nothing wrong to feel afraid of new tasks,
- negative feelings should not hold us back from challenges,
- it's worth doing difficult things.
SOLIDS
Fifth grade students actively spend their time outdoors, practicing manual skills and imagination, consolidating knowledge about solids, taking measurements, converting length units. They have fun and develop interpersonal skills.
DOMINO - Creative classes grade 5
Students think that they form a butterfly, a flower, a tree, a house or vehicle figures, but in fact they establish the ability to perform operations on natural numbers, fractions, practice the exchange of units of length and mass, the order of operations. Students work in pairs or groups.
TANGRAMS
Students as part of the repetition lesson "Geometric figures", arranged various tangram figures and numbers - their numbers in the lesson journal.
7MATH ACTIVITY - CIRCUMFERENCE
MATHS & ICT
Lesson topic: Spreadsheet applications.
Fifth and eighth grade students performed tasks in MS Excel, the aim of which was to draw the second part of the figure in relation to the axis of symmetry.
They drew attention to the occurrence of mathematical issues in the world around us, recalled the concepts and definitions related to geometric transformations (reflection symmetry, axis of symmetry), noticed regularities, similarities and analogies and formulated conclusions based on them.
As core curriculum states:
• the student recognizes axisymmetric figures and indicates their axes of symmetry and completes the figure to the axisymmetric figure given: the axis of symmetry of the figure and parts of the figure.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Fourth and fifth grade students made Christmas cards in Paint using only geometric figures. They improved their ability to recognize figures and naming them.
CODING
The students’ task was to give the code to the encrypted padlocks.
The materials were downloaded from krolowamatma.pl
CODING FOR CHRISTMAS
Students of sixth grade, as part of the implementation of the topic "Formatting cells of a spreadsheet", decoded the tasks by changing the width and height of the line in MS Excel and filling and bordering the cells of the spreadsheet. They improved their skills related to coding and decoding, logic and spatial thinking. Thanks to these skills, we understand the relationships between different objects, and we are able to make key decisions about spatial concepts. They are essential for many tasks.
MATHS ON THE ROAD
Grades: 3 and 2 participated in classes entitled "Mathematics on the road". Students wondered if the maths can be found on the road or in the everyday road traffic. They also watched a video about its use on the road. Part of the classes was to make worksheets and walk around the neighborhood, around the school and finding mathematical elements related to the Green Cross Code.The classes were an opportunity to remind students of the Green Cross Code which is very important, and paying attention to the fact that mathematical elements on the road organize traffic and ensure safety.Outdoor activities also served the purpose of reminding the students of how they should cross the street safely.
MATHEMATICS FOR CHRISTMAS
In December, students of class 2a and 3a implemented another module of the mathematical project of the MAC publishing house "Natalka and Antek in the world of great mathematics". Due to the approaching Christmas, our activities were focused on the implementation of the "Mathematics for Christmas" module.
The main goal of the classes was for students to understand that mathematics can be used in practice and found in elements related to preparations for Christmas.
Students worked in pairs and presented their ideas on how to use maths for the Christmas holidays.
Next, they watched a video showing the use of math for Christmas. After watching the film, the students talked about whether gifts are important in life, whether they prefer to receive or give gifts, and how important it is to consider the budget when planning gifts.
After that, the students took up the practical task - they performed activities related to measuring.
The next step was to solve the tasks on the prepared worksheets.
The final result was wrapping up a Christmas gift to be put under the class’ Christmas tree. To sum up the classes, the students came to the conclusion that mathematics can and should be used during the holidays to enjoy e.g. beautifully prepared gifts.
SEGMENTS
Lesson topic: Segments in the coordinate system.
The student marks on the number line sets of numbers that meet the given condition, finds the coordinates of the lattice points in the coordinate system on the plane, draws lattice points in the coordinate system on the plane with given integer coordinates (any sign) and finds the coordinates of the other end of the segment when one end is given. In addition, the student calculates the length of the segment whose ends are given lattice points in the coordinate system.
NATURAL NUMBERS - BAUBLES
Students of fifth grade improved their skills of writing addition and subtraction using natural numbers, completing the baubles (numbers) on the Christmas tree according to a specific template.
MULTIPLICATION WITH LEGO BRICKS
Multiplication was presented in the container aspect, and the task of the students was to decode the information stored symbolically.
The exercise consisted in arranging the appropriate Lego bricks for operations. The set was a block, and the elements in the set were the number of pins.
Educational game of the type "I have ... who has ... "
The game was intended to consolidate reading time - hours and minutes on the clocks.Printed cards are distributed among the participants. The selected person starts the game, puts a card in the middle of the table and reads the sentences and time presented on the card. The person who has the card with the clock showing the time mentioned by the first player continues the game. The first student to get rid of all cards wins.
„Dominoes”-type educational game
The aim of the game was to consolidate the reading of hours on disc and electronic clocks. We distribute the printed cards among the participants, the last one is placed in the middle of the table. The person who finds a dial clock in their cards with the time that was written on the electronic clock on the first card continues the game. The first person to get rid of all their cards wins.
USE OF CODING MAT IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS
IN EARLY SCHOOL EDUCATION
Improving accounting skills - adding, subtraction, multiplication and division with the use of the mat for coding.
Classes 1
Creation of a code - roads from start to finish, where the route must lead through all fields where the result is e.g. 15, greater than 30, even number, odd number, number divisible by 5.
Classes 2
The students were divided into teams. Each team received cups of one color and a dice. The representative of the team rolled the dice. The number rolled was the result of an operation - multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. The choice of activity was important as the teams aimed to place 5 cups in the immediate vicinity in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line.
DOUGHNUTS
How many calories have doughnuts got?
PARABOLE
Topic: Quadratic function. Parabole.
The students’ task was to sketch the graph of quadratic functions, starting by representing them by expressions of the form and identifying the intervals of monotony, the absolute extreme, the possible roots and the direction of concavity of the respective graphs. Objectives:
– Knowing, fixing a Cartesian reference in the plane, that the graph of a function given by an expression of the form f ( x ) = a x 2 (a is a non-zero real number) is a curve called a «parabola of vertical axis and vertex at the origin ».
– Recognizing that the solution set of the 2nd degree equation a x 2 + b x + c = 0 is the set of abscissas of the intersection points of the parabola with equation y = a x 2 , with the line of equation y = – b x – c.
PI NUMBER
POINTS IN COORDINATE SYSTEM
As part of the celebration of the Constitution Day on May 3 and Flag Day, students of 8th grade completed the worksheet. They marked lattice points with given integer coordinates (of any sign) in the coordinate system. The solution was the eagle - the emblem of the Republic of Poland.
LESSON PLANS OF MATHEMATICS
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ACTIVITIES