Lesson+Two+(I+think?)

A note from Mr Radonich: Danielle this is a great wiki entry. Your effort to account for all that we did and your clarity of your explanation should be an example, or even an inspiration, to others.See the note I left on Jamie and Bodies entry for lesson 1 or you could check out the 'discussion' for this page. = =


 * //Monday 10th August 2009//**

At the start of the lesson a few people had to leave the class to sit the Statistics Test. Next Mr Radonich wrote this problem up on the board: //"Explain two different methods for finding the answer to 16x15 for a six year old who only knows up to his 10 times tables."// So we split up into pairs and worked together to solve the problem. Here are some examples of answers to the problem:

1. Jamie (Standard Algorithm) 16 __x 15__ 180 __160__
 * 240**

2. Shivon 10x15 = 150 6x10 = 60 6x5 = __30__
 * 240**

Mr Radonich//: How do we know how to break it up?// Jamie explained and Mr Radonich wrote his explanation up on the board.

__X I 10 I 6 10 I 100 I 60 5 I 50 I 30__

= 100 + 60 + 50 + 30 = 100 + 110 + 30 = **240**

3. Mike 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15

Mr Radonich: //In a way it's easier to do...//

10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10

//Because we know that's 10 lots of 16 which is 160, then...//

5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5

//And we know that's 80.// //So 160 + 80 = **240**//

Next Mr Radonich wrote on the board //NOTE: Exams in November - 2 hours on all the year's work.//

Mr Radonich: //I want you to do well in the exams - because if you look good, I look good... it's a win-win situation. Because of this, we need to start doing some// //revision.//

So we did a class brainstorm on the board.

__TIPS ON REVISION__ - Find somewhere quiet to revise. - Start off small and build momentum. - Know what to revise - organize different topics. - Go through book (excercise + Alpha Book) and practise problems. - Gather together old tests and other revision resources such as the internet. - Address weaknesses.

Mr Radonich: //I'm going to start you off on your revision... by giving you some revision.//

He reminded us that we don't need calculaters to figure out percentages. We just have to find the easy percentages and build from there. For example: 0% = 0 10% = 21.4 1% = 2.14 20% = 42.8 50% = 107
 * 214**

Then we were given a sheet to help us revise work from ALGEBRA and also NUMBER. Those who didn't finish it in class were given it for homework. A copy of my sheet is at the bottom of the page.

Last we played a game of "//Prisoner".//

Mr Radonich: //We are doing a probability experiment so keep track of the numbers that come up.//

The numbers that came up on the dice were: 6 & 6 = 0 6 & 1 = 5 5 & 2 = 3 4 & 1 = 3 6 & 2 = 4 3 & 3 = 0 5 & 4 = 1 6 & 2 = 4 5 & 4 = 1 3 & 2 = 1

So as you can see - 1 came up three times - 4, 3 and 0 all came up twice each - and five came up once

Kajal was the winner!

Mr Radonich: //For the wiki: Mr Radonich, in his extreme generosity, gave a whole chocolate bar as a prize.//

When the bell went quite a few people stayed behind; Milos, Josh C, Liam, Jamie and Emma had to stay behind anyway - and a number of people wanted to get their results for the Statistics Test.