Reading in Maths

Raise Māori student achievement through the development of cultural visibility and responsive practices across the pathway as measured against National Standards and agreed targets for reading Years 1-10 and NCEA years 11-13. As a CoL leader within the school. I  am more interested in inquiring about student learning and my own practice.

Junior Mathematics and reading

There are five strands in Mathematics; Number, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Statistics + Probability.
I strongly believe that if learners’ have a strong understanding in Number this will facilitate the learning in the other topics. This was a lesson in Percentage (number) and I really enjoyed teaching it. I learned about this approach from the numeracy project introduced to the school by facilitators.

• The strategy is to change the English version into mathematical language
• Calculate the answer using the double number line strategy.

 Here is the ppt





Year11 Mathematics and reading-Number-As91026(4 credits)

Attached is one of the practice tests I prepared for my learners.

It’s Your Party!!
You are planning your 16th birthday party.
You are inviting 32 friends to attend your party.
All the invites are sent out and you realise that you have invited boys and girls in the ratio of 3:5.
Everyone has replied that they are coming to your birthday.
You find out that ¼ of the guests are vegetarians.
The caterer you are using tells you, that you as the birthday person you will not have to pay for any food or drink that you eat.
The price of a vegetarian meal is $11.25.
 The price for a non-vegetarian meal is 11% more than the cost of a vegetarian meal.
Drinks are going to cost you $2.75 per drink.
A boy will drink twice as many drinks as a girl.
Each girl will drink 3 drinks at the party.
All the prices are GST exclusive (GST is 15%).
1. Your father has asked you to calculate how much the party is going to cost, including GST.
2. Your father is aware that there may be a change of government soon and the opposition party have promised to change the rate of GST as soon as they are elected. This change will come into effect before you buy the food and drink for the party. Your father believes the new GST rate could be anything between 10% and 18%. He also expects there to be a different GST rate for food than for drinks. He would like you to inform him what the possible consequences of these changes might be to the cost of the party.

• The strategy is to underline the keywords first.
• Unpack the statements and create a table as shown below.

Statement(KNOW)		Working	Answer(unit)
Total guests	32
Boys (ratio)	3 out of 8	3/8 x 32	12 boys
Girls (ratio)	5 out of 8	5/8 x 32	20 girls
Vegetarians (fraction of quantity))	¼ of the guests	¼ x 32	8 guests
Price for vegetarian food	$11.25	8 x 11.25	$90
Price for Non-Veg (percentage increase)	11%  more=111%	1.11 X 11.25 =$12.49	24 x 12.49 = $299.76
etc

When the learners started to unpack their ideas into a table, it made it easier for them to understand the different aspects of the questions. It is also a clear format for all the information that they could use throughout their calculations. I did many practice questions using this approach and most students managed to get their 4 credits. 

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