Open ended math activities

By Anonymous -

 This term we have started working on lots of open ended math activities. These link to what our math focus or area is. 

With these questions we are using the 4'C to make sure we are really thinking deeply about the questions. It is so great to be able to work with others and have great conversations about the question and how we have each interpreted it. 

This week our focus is measurement and one of the open ended questions was ' How many ways can you draw a 15cm line'. We really had to think about this and how do we make sure the line is 15cm. We also had to build two different towers that were the exact same hight, this involved creative thinking as we used materials to build our towers.

These activities have really helped us to understand our math topics as we are able to explore it in different ways. 




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