What did you learn at school today?

Every Monday afternoon I ask a student that I tutor - "What did you learn at school today?" I frequently get a response along the lines of "We didn't do much" which I'm certain is not actually the case, or "I can't remember". With prompting (and the repetition of me continuing to ask each week) it turns out that in fact much learning is taking place throughout the school day!

I'm sure this scenario is played out in many homes across the MACC community! Below I have provided a snapshot of what we did today, complete with the learning intentions (the aim that students work to achieve during that lesson), which may help provide you with more specific prompts, assisting your child to show you their learning. 

For example, you might ask "What did you learn about multiplying a decimal by 10, 100 and 1000?" or "What was the mystery reveal?" Students will share their knowledge and reinforce the concepts learnt as they do so. 

Genius Hour!! What is your Genius?

Learning for the sake of learning! Find a passion!

*Links from Powerpoint:
Caine's Arcade
Thomas Suarez
What is Genius Hour?
Young Scientist of the Year Award
University of Wollongong Science Fair
Genius Hour Blog with ideas from other year 6 students

**The links at the end of the slideshare presentation link to other schools and students Genius Hour presentations. They may give you some ideas of how other people have presented their learning.

Collaborative Idea Google Doc (LINK)

Here are some of our ideas so far. Remember to keep adding!

Are you excited about Genius Hour?
 Add your ideas to the Google Doc to share with others! Remember the world expects your contribution!

Term Two Homework Archive

Week 1 + 2 = Multiplication
Mental Multiplication
Mental multiple digit
Play a selection of games from Multiplication Games to improve your mentals.

3 and 4 digit multiplication using the written algorithm
3 digit by 1 digit
4 digit by 1 digit
3 digit by 2 digit
Multiplication Jeopardy

Operation needed
Operation Snowman

Order of operation
Save the Royal Family
Mystery Picture
Math Frog speed test

Week 3 + 4 = Area
Compare Area and Perimeter

Find the Area - 3 levels

Calculating Area

Party Designer

Surface Area - Scroll down to the bottom of the page. You need to hit the enter key after you submit the area for each face (before clicking the next face) for it to register. Once completed, click find the surface area of another prism to continue practicing.


Week 5 + 6 = Division
Division facts
Demolition Trucks
Drag Race division
Math Magician - How fast can you go?

Long Division
Number monster
Drag and Drop Long division - select division - 3 digit divided by 1 digit
Division Millionaire

Interpreting the remainder
City Blocks
Thinking blocks
Remainders
Who want to be a millionaire - Remainders

Week 7 + 8 = Patterns and Algebra

Order of Operations

Easy Balance

Find the Missing Number

Challenging Order of Operations

Challenging Algebra  (Remember 5a is the same as 5 x a )

Simple Substitution