Referencing a non fiction book.

Hudson, John, (2003) Magnetism understanding science, Smart Apple Media, North Mankato

Geometry- Maths Thinking Groups

This week for maths thinking groups we did geometry. We had to predict 3D faces and locate 3D faces. It was really fun because I got to learn something new. I had to estimate the shape's faces and add them up to see if my estimation was right.

Rubbish collection.

Rubbish Collection!

This is how to make a statistical investigation about rubbish. Room 9 has made a statistical investigation about rubbish, we had to collect information about what our school eat and also which classroom is the cleanest. Also which ever classroom environment was the cleanest gets a reward called the

Equipment needed:

A recording sheet

Pencil or pen

Plastic bag

First we had to make a recording sheet! We had a healthy part and an unhealthy part. Second of all Mr Wong had to choose some groups. One group had to go to the field and collect information Another group had to go to the juniors and see which classroom is the cleanest. And the last block was the senior block. Thirdly we had to go outside to which ever part we were told to investigate! Fourthly pick up some rubbish and tell your recorder where you got it and what it is (healthy or unhealthy) and record all the information. Last but not least, we had to award the most cleanest class on Friday the tidy kiwi award.

Inotia - Nazella Library skills, Non Fiction

Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Non Fiction books are books that are true and factual.

Who was Dewey?

Dewy is the man that made the Dewy system for non fiction books.

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf?

They are ordered by numbers.

List the following spine labels in the correct order:

001

219

623

796

913

Choose a non-fiction book from the shelves.

Does the book you have chosen include the following?  Locate and photograph

Index      The Index was at the back.                                                                        

Contents page

  The contents was in the front.        

                             

Title pages The title pages

                            

What is a glossary?

A list of speacial words normally at the end of a non fiction book.

The Part Adder!

 Today we used the part adder and our problem that we had to solve was 48 + 49 = ? I used the part adder: make your own hard sums to work this problem out! First I did 20 + 28 which equaled 48 + 2 = 50 + 30 = 80 + 17 = 97!

40 + 8 + 2 = 50 + 30 = 80 + 17 = 97!