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Maths Facts 100 Master

Learner:  Nima           Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick       Date: 7.9.16

Learning Area:   Maths/Numeracy                                      Narrative Learning story

Learning Observed

Nima is part of part of the Antfur Maths group and he has been working on developing  his Multiplicative skills. In Week 6 he started a focus mini experiment called Quick Fire Facts 100. The purpose of this is for Nima to improve his capability at knowing and recalling the times table facts so that he can apply these to solving maths problems. When Nima can recall the answers quickly it allows him to put his energy into deeper sustained thinking required to solve problems. He has been self managing his progress. This involves him completing his challenge sheet daily from Monday to Thursday, adding up his score and graphing his results. This means Nima needs to allocate time either before school or during iDevelop learning block when he has independent learning time that is when he is not attending a workshop with me. Nima has had a times table grid to take home to use to practice with. As his graph shows he has been very conscientious and his scores are showing an upward trend. In Week 7 all the learners  did not have access to devices and so the timing was not so accurate. There is a section on the right hand side of his graph that we refer to during a conferencing session where he can identify the facts that are causing him difficulty and set goals to manage these. He is enjoying the challenge of completing his QFF100 daily and  see his scores increase. When he feels that he is confidently coping with 90% or higher then he can choose to change his time. Currently he is completing as many as he can in 8 minutes.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Using the commutative property of multiplication to solve  equations            eg: 5x9 = 9x5=40 When dividing to use the reverse operation of Multiplication to solve the answer eg: 28 ➗ 4 is the same as 4 x ? = 28 Practice the times tables he is less confident in recalling using his tables grid. Apply his knowledge when solving written Maths problems. Continue to regularly complete his QFF100 .