The hands-on activity, ‘Cut It Out’ gives students grid paper and instructions to help them explore the capacity (volume) of rectangular prisms. By making their own cut-and-folded open box, students can count and check by calculations, the volume of cuboid shapes. They can record their findings on the learning activity. An answer sheet is provided …More
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Adding and Subtracting Decimals’ allows for practice with the process of adding and subtracting decimals. Answer sheet provided with file download.
When is a discount not fair? The interesting learning activity, ‘Bargain Busters’ shows the items a family bought at a variety of discount prices. Students calculate the savings they made, and check out the claims of a discount voucher. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning the activity with students, as …More
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Checking Results’ allows for practice checking the reasonableness of results of computations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
Eleventh Heaven’ is a learning activity in which students learn how to multiply by 11 from experience and by following examples. They may use calculators at first but as they identify patterns, they will be able to use efficient strategies with 11. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support the use …More
The engaging learning activity, ‘Flying Home’ shows what happens when friends weigh their luggage at the airport for a flight home. Students need to calculate weights, averages, and loads to help the friends reach Tonga. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning the activity with students, as they feature useful background …More
How much water does a family use? In the activity, ‘Focusing on Water’, students use information from the family to work out how much water is being used through the day. They can also carry out an investigation into the amount of water lost through a dripping tap. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to …More
In the real-life problem solving activity, ‘Food for All’, Roimata has to work out how many people are coming to a community dinner, then calculate how much food and drink will be needed. Students need to apply their skills of estimation, multiplication, and division to help Roimata. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be …More
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Inverse Operations’ allows for practice recognising and utilising inverse operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
Just Right!’ is a learning activity and learning activity that poses word problems involving remainders. Students need to work together to solve the problems and understand when and how remainders can be used. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity ‘Megabytes of Memory’ poses word problems relating to the various memory cards that can be used to store digital photographs. As students complete the learning activity, they use advanced strategies to explore relationships and make choices. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
This parent letter, ‘Parent Reading Advice’ contains tips to help parents support their child’s reading.
This log, ‘Reading Log’ provides a way for students and teachers to record the texts a child reads.
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