Sunday, August 29, 2010

Room 1 speeches


The purpose of this video is to show you how are children can speak clearly and have great confidence.

By Brodie

Monday, August 23, 2010

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SAVE WATER?

Why is it important to save water?
Water covers 70% of the world’s surface. Nothing would survive without water, trees would not grow so therefore we would not have any oxygen and many more links that we that the world wouldn’t grow so human kind could'nt survive

Why is it important to save water?
Water is our natural resource we need it to survive. Our normal human uses an average of 265 litres of water a day. Dirty water is used in poor countries like in Africa because they don’t have clean water so it is easy to catch diseases.

Why is it important to save water?
Water sustains all living things on earth, every living thing needs water to survive. Humans can only last a few days without water.
We use water for many things cooking cleaning washing and bathing and lots more.

ACTION TIPS!
1. Always remember to turn off taps.
2. Fix any leaks in taps.
3. Bottle water and keep it in the fridge.

By Katie

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Maths Support - Tables

Multiplication / Division Flash Cards




Below are some games and resources that can used to help learn tables.

Motocross Multiplication Gameboard and instructions

Kiwi Multiplication Gameboard and instructions

Rocket Multiplication and instructions

Maths Support - Factors / Multiples

• Factors / Multiples
o Got to http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/numbers/factors_multiples/factors_multiples.htm

At the bottom of the page are links to work sheets for Factors and multiples. (Don’t do the prime factorization material)

o Got to http://www.math-aids.com/Factors/
Towards the bottom of the page is some material under the title “Quick Link for All Factors Worksheets”
o Got to http://www.jamit.com.au/htmlFolder/FRAC1004.html#commonFactors
Some notes no this topic and a game to play to reinforce skills

Math's Support Material - Decimals

• Decimal Worksheets
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/wor_decimals.htm
List of decimal activities
• Tenths to Decimals e.g. 2/10 = 0.2 , 0.5=5/10
• Hundredths to Decimals e.g. 33/100 = .33 , 0.66 = 33/50
• Thousandths to Decimals e.g. 487/1000 = .487
• Fractions to Decimals e.g. 3/25 = 0.12
• Decimals to Fractions (1 of 3) e.g. tenths, hundredths, without simplifying
• Decimals to Fractions (2 of 3) e.g. tenths, hundredths, thousandths, with simplifying
• Decimals to Fractions (3 of 3) e.g. 3.75 = 3 3/4

• Smart kiddies -
How students login,
1. Go the home page, www.smartkiddies.com.au
2. Find the login box, top right
3. Enter Username: makarewastep1
4. Enter Password: step79
5. Click on Lesson Menu
6. Select the lesson you would like to do.