Maths Challenge - Odd and Even Investigation

Our class challenge in Maths this week is to work out a trick by noticing patterns. 

The Challenge: What is the trick to knowing if a number is odd or even without having to always work it out?

So far the things people have noticed are...

• A way of testing if a number is EVEN is to share it between two groups. If each group has the same amount it is even. We say they have an even amount.

For example, 

If you go to the lolly shop and you and your friend share the lollies...One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me, etc, etc and you each have the same amount of lollies once you have shared them all out, you bought an even number of lollies and you are both happy. Someone is going to be disappointed if you bought an odd number because someone will get more and the other will have less. 

QUESTION FOLKS: How many more does one person have when the number is odd? Is it always the same difference???????

 Monday

• " Two odd numbers make an even number because 3+3=6 and 5+5=10 but I also know 4+4=8 and four is an even number." Tristan
• Samuel worked out 6+6=12, so he said, "two even numbers make an even number".

What else could you test boys?

Here is a photo of a few children working out which numbers to ten are odd and which are even.

(Don't worry the chalk on the carpet comes off :)






UPDATE
It looks like a bomb exploded on our whiteboard, but here are our accumulated thoughts. We added to our brainstorm over the week. A storm it was! Our learning and understanding grew and we bounced off each others light bulb moments. Remember you can make the photo bigger by clicking on it :)
 

Even though our focus on odd and even numbers is over we are continuing to notice patterns with odd and even numbers.

Our April Kingdom Kid! She's a real heart warmer.

Congratulations Sophia! You're awesome!

Sophia's award says...

As Roald Dahl wrote: "If you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." Sophia, you always look lovely and you make us feel lovely, too.

March Calendar Challenge Winners

LOTS OF ENTRIES THIS MONTH!

Congratulations all entrants whether right or not quite :) 

Super research and presentation skills.

Here are a photo of those who said it was a... 

Ring-tailed Lemur that lives in Madagascar!

(Rafael was away today but he also entered and was correct. His entry is the green one leaning against Sam and Leo) 

ALL THE ENTRIES LOOK FANTASTIC UP ON THE WALL -
EYE CATCHING POSTERS ENTRANTS! We can't stop going up to the wall and reading them.

LITTERLESS LUNCH BOX (REDUCE, Reuse, Recycle)

Our theme topic this term is:

'CARETAKERS OF GOD'S WORLD'

We are learning how to be good caretakers of God's beautiful creation. We're not just leaving it to the adults! God gave the job to everyone.

Mrs Goodall from Zerowaste came to talk to us about rubbish; what it is, where it goes and how to REDUCE it. We especially learnt how to reduce rubbish in our lunch boxes. She came over two sessions.

In the first session we counted how many pieces of rubbish we were sending to the landfill (aka into God's soil) from our lunch boxes. We also looked at what we could RECYCLE or REUSE.

In session two we talked about better packaging choices, while still eating around-about the same things. Here are some photo's of session two...
















Mrs Goodall gave us some awesome information. Here she is showing us the landfill options.

Mrs Goodall showed us how we can create less rubbish while still having our chippie treat. She suggested buying a big packet of chips instead of the small ones and to put a few in a plastic container.

The litterless options are on the left and the litter options are on the right.

We worked in groups to test our knowledge and see if we could sort lunch options into litterless or landfill.

So proud of these pirates!

This was just too gorgeous not to share! 

Mele and Sophia did an AMAZING job of their reading today. They read three books about Jolly Roger: two warm up books they had read before and one new one.

They put their words together so their reading sounded like talking - great phrasing girls. You are becoming fantastically fluent. I loved your expression!

...I also spy others in the background working hard on their Reading activities (well done you guys!)

You can see towards the end of their reading how many strategies Mele and Sophia used to work out any tricky words. Not only that, but they also thought about what would make sense with the story. They had a really good handle on what was going on in all three books. Honestly, I was so blown away I almost fell over. Talk about doing what good readers do. You guys rock! I am so proud.

Mrs Forrest xx

Congratulations are in order!

Our February Kingdom Kid

Well done Annabelle! A Kingdom Kid Award is one of the most important awards you can receive at Conerstone. 
Your award says: 

“If Annabelle was a superhero her super power would be RESPECT! Annabelle listens, follows the rules, says hello to people she passes, lets other go first and she is a pro at using her manners. Thank you for treasuring us Annabelle.”

Our February Calendar Challenge Winners!

You can see our calendar in the background!

Here is a close up of the winning entries!