Week 1 - Day 3 - Activity 2 Pepeha

For this activity I did a pepeha. A pepeha is used to introduce yourself and talk about family or ancestry. In my pepeha I have talked about , What mountain I affiliate with , What river/lake/sea I affiliate with, My Mum & Dads name , Where I come from and my name. I found this activity interesting because I enjoyed trying to say the answers in Maori.

Ko Mount Wellington te Maunga
The Mountain I affiliate with is Mount Wellington

Ko Tamaki    te awa/roto/moana
The river I affiliate with is the Tamaki River.

No Tamaki Makaurau ahau
I am from Auckland

Ko Fusi raua ko Amanaki oku matua
My parents are Fusi and Amanaki.

Ko Freeman toku ingoa
My name is Freeman.

Week 1 - Day 2 - Bonus Activity Special Meals

For my bonus activity I had to find my favourite meal and find the recipe. My favourite food is butter chicken but bought from the shop. This is my favourite food because I love eating chicken and rice together. I have found a recipe of how to make easy butter chicken.

Step 1 : Place yoghurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, garam masala and chilli powder in a glass or ceramic dish. Add chicken. Stir to coat. Cover. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

Step 2 : Heat oil and butter in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add chicken mixture to pan. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until chicken just starts to change colour. Add tomato puree and stock. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender and mixture has thickened slightly.

Step 3: Stir in cream. Simmer for a further 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve with steamed rice and coriander leaves.

Week 1 - Day 2 - Activity 2 The rules of engagement

For this activity I had to draw a picture of my dream job. My dream job is to become a New Zealand Police officer. To work as an police officer I would have to have a lot of skills including critical thinking and adaptability. In the future I hope to get a job like this to help the community and help them from danger. 

Week 1 - Day 2 - Activity 1 A house or a home

Today for my first activity on Day 2 I had to compare a Maori Pa to my house. I have decided to create a ven diagram to show my thinking and give you a clear picture. There are some interesting differences and similarities. Today I have learnt that a Maori Pa is made out of timber, fern,rushes and bark. I have enjoyed this activity cause I learnt new Maori words for the different rooms.

Week 1 - Day 1 - Bonus Actitivity Waka ama

For this activity I have to write why or why not would you do this activity.

I would love to do this activity because it looks like a good exercise. I love trying new things and playing new sports in my spare time. If i did a waka ama race I would meet new friends and learn to use team work and communication to win. This activity looks really fun but difficult at the same time. I wouldn't enter a real race unless I get a life jacket because Unlucky for me if the waka tips over I cant swim.

Week 1 - Day 1 - Activity 2 Setting Sail

Hi Ofa, Our journey to New Zealand is long but beautiful. The ocean and mountains are attractive and beautiful. I am nervous to be the first settlers in New Zealand but excited to explore the island. In a distance I can see the beautiful shores of New Zealand. I am amazed with the amount of nature and animals on this island. When I get on the island I'm going to spend my time swimming in the spectacular waters.
Yours Sincerely, Freeman
For this activity I had to describe how I am feeling to be the first settlers in New Zealand. I described the beautiful landscape of New Zealand and used powerful words to describe the beautiful nature.

Week 1 - Day 1 - Activity 1 Arriving in New Zealand

For this activity I have read a story about Maui and the giant fish. This story is about Maui pulling up a gigantic fish know as the north island of Aotearoa. The south island of Aotearoa is the canoe that he used to pull up the north island. Maui had also brought fire to the world and slowed the sun from making our days faster. I found this story interesting because I didn't know the north island was a fish and the south island was the canoe he used. 

1.  Maui had used a Jaw Bone as a hook from his ancestor Murirangawhenua
2. He used his blood from his nose as bait to catch the giant fish
3. The North Island of New Zealand is a fish

NEXT Foundation - Summer Learning Journey

The Summer Learning Journey for NEXT Foundation from Next Foundation on Vimeo.

Today after morning tea we had a special assembly in the hall, visitors from The NEXT Foundation and WFRC. The visitors were here to talk about the Summer Learning Journey and the film they made about Panmure Bridge School (starring Daniel). There were other students from LS2 that were also featured in the movie. After the special assembly we had a special lunch that was provided by The NEXT Foundation. We had a enjoyable day and fun time today and are looking forward to completing the Summer Learning Journey activities during the summer holidays.

Christmas in Canada

To celebrate Christmas we got into groups of four and worked collaboratively to find out about Christmas in different countries all around the world. My group worked on Canada and we found a lot of interesting things about Canada and what they do differently from New Zealand. In Canadian another name for Santa is Joulupikki or Father frost. To show our learning we recorded our google drawing using screencastify. I worked on this DLO with Shannon, Joshua and Magenta.

Panmure Bridge School - leadership

Yesterday afternoon San Kyaw, Joushua V, Freeman and I took photos on how we can show leadership next year. We chose two things that we can do next year to show that we are leaders. The two things we chose were Making sure that people are ok and not hurt, making sure everyone knows what to do. This was a great opportunity to co-operate with the people in my class. This is what we think teamwork look's like in Panmure Bridge School. 

Summer Learning Journey

On Friday at assembly Hazel from Auckland University came to talk about the Summer Learning Journey. This activity is going to start during the summer holidays. During the summer holidays we have to participate in this activity by blogging everyday. This year my goal is to comment and blog the most. After the summer holidays they will be awarding prizes to the people who have tried their hardest and who have been doing the most blogposts and comments.

Tech - Last Session

On Friday we went to the last session of art. During our last session had to finish my colors on my prints. I managed to do 3 colors but didn't get to finish it. For the past weeks for art  I have enjoyed the  process making the design. After art we had another session of tech, the 3 subjects were Robotics, Social Studies and P.E. I was in Social Studies with Miss Apelu. The first game we played was called Persued in this game we had to find out where we were, to help us we could use google maps. Joshua and I worked together and managed to finish 2nd behind Daniel and Jay don. Our prizes were a keychain and cars.

Years 7 Leadership

We are learning about leadership as Year 7 will be our school leaders. Today we looked at what motivation means. We then worked collaboratively to create role plays to help us see what motivating others looks like, so we can learn to be great motivators.

Police

Today we had a special afternoon because a Police Helicopter was going to land in the middle of our field. Everyone was excited and sat on the field waiting for the helicopter. When it landed the wind was very strong and grass were flying everywhere. The men talked about the different parts and how it works I found out that there is a camera under the helicopter that cost $800,000 more then the actual helicopter. A while after the helicopter left, Police Officers showed us the intelligent dogs. I was amazed of what they can do and how fast they can run. This was a fun experience learning about the helicopter, dogs and wish to learn about it more.

Screen Castify

Today I have created a screencastify about my learning. I created my screencastify about my learning about fractions. I have picked to share this DLO because I had fun and I found this a bit challenging.
I have learnt that a fraction is a group or amount that is split into equal parts a denominator is how many parts there are altogether and a numerator is how much it has been taken or eaten.

Camels Explanation

How the camel has adapted to surviving in the desert

Have you ever thought about how or why Camels live in the Desserts. Camels can live in the Desserts because they are adapted to living in a hot and dry place. A Camel is a mammal with long legs, thick lips, and a humped back. Adapt is to make changes for a purpose to survive and live in hot & dry place for a camel

 

Pads

Camels have pads on their feet and chest to help them walk and lay on the hot sand, They also have webbed feet to walk on the sand much easier.

Eyelashes

Camels have long thick eyelashes to protect them from getting sand or dust getting into their eyes. They have double layers to secure their eyes even more to keep them safe.

Lips

Camels have thick lips to eat twigs, bones and thorns. This lets them eat cactus for water without feeling any pain.

Even though camels aren’t the fastest animal they can help us get through the desert and carry your essentials.

Did you know? Camels can run up to 40 mph

Today for writing we have been learning about how to write an explanation. We decided to write an explanation about how the camel has adapted to their environment. I have learnt an interesting fact about camels, I found out that camels can run up to 40 mph so if your in a rush and stuck in the dessert don't look further and look for a camel.

Nim

Today I chose to play Nim in this game I had to use my mind a lot because It was a strategy game. This game was really challenging because it go harder by the level. I recommend this game to students enjoy solving problems and good at strategies. I rate this game a 10/8 because was fun but really easy for me.

Kelly Tarltons - Bonus Activity

For this Bonus activity our challenge was to write down all the prices for Kelly Tarltons. Me by my self will cost $22 and going with my whole family will cost $105. Family A pass is for families that have less members in their family and is cheaper by $31. Family B pass which is my family cost $105 which is $31 more then family pass A.

Kelly Tarltons - Activity 2

Diet: Invertebrates and bony fishes

Habitat: Southern Hemisphere, South Africa and Mozambique

Appearance: Heavily Built, Characteristically smooth, rhomboid shape

Family:Dasyatidae

Kingdom:Animalia

Class: Chondrichthyes

Kelly Tarltons - Activity 1

Going to Kelly Tarltons will cost $22 for me by my self. I will save up to $5, going with my family will cost $105 and we'll save $27. Adults 16+ are from $32 saving up to $7 and if your under the age of 3 you are free. In total with by my self and going with my family is 127.

Sky tower - Bonus Activity

Adults wanting to try out sky walk will have to pay $150. If your a student or a backpacker with ID it will be cheaper then adults by $20. Kids 10 - 15 will be the cheapest at $120 and a family pack with 2 adults & 2 children will be $420.

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I have chose sky walk instead of bungy jump because I will never do that in my life. It is also really scary for because heights is my worst fear. I decided to do sky walk because that will be the only thing to conquer my fear. This event is more safer and cheaper then sky tower.

Sky tower - Activity 2

I have chosen a kiwi to be the Sky towers New Mascot. I have chosen the kiwi because it is New Zealand's native animal and represents us very well. I have also learnt an amazing facts about kiwis, female kiwis lay eggs then nearly any other animal!. 

Sky Tower - Activity 1

For this challenge I had to find 5 interesting facts and share it as a DLO. I have enjoyed this because I found it that you can see approximately 82 meters away and, which is 82,000 meters.

Rainbows End - Bonus Activity

For this bonus activity I have to write a 25 word summary of why I picked this ride and how I might have felt.

I have chosen the invader because this ride does 360 turns that goes faster and faster. I will be feeling anxious, but excited as well.

Rainbows End - Activity 2

For the very extreme mode which is a full swing around the Stratosfear you will have to be over 150 centimeters ( a metre and a half). For baby extreme (known as less extreme you have to be over 130 centimeters. I think there is height restrictions for people because if your too short and small the belt might be loose and slip of which could lead to serious injuries.

Rainbows End - Activity 1

Today for Actvity 1 I located rainbows end on google maps. Secondly I had to see how much it will cost for my family to go then figure out how much it will cost for a family pass. This activity was fun because I discovered that tickets for rainbows end is cheaper to buy online and kid kingdom tickets are the same price if you are paying at the gate or online.

Productions

Yesterday night we had a production for our schools 60th birthday since it opened. For the past month we have been practising dances showing all the years since 1957. It was fun and it was good to see most of the people at Panmure Bridge School showing up.After my class dance we are doing a Pacifica performance for our culture. Tonight we are also going to have another performance and I am looking forward to getting up on the stage.

Kiwi Can

Today at Kiwi can we played 3 games we first played a game called objects. In this game we had to be creative with the objects and make it into something else. I found this game funny because our objects were really hard. The second game we played was hand soccer, In this game we played soccer but with hand only. Our last game we played was 10 down, In this game we had to get the ball touch the ground once and pass the ball we couldn't move with the ball or it would be a handover. I think today was fun because we got active outside and were creative.

Freeman - Scale Drawing

Last week I have finished my Scale Drawing and laminated it onto the wall. I decided to do Itachi on the animated cartoon Naruto. I picked Itachi because he's my favourite animated character and found it easy but detailed. I have found this a bit challenging but fun at the same time and will like to do this again.

Shot types

Today we are learning about shot types and when they use it. I have found 3 shot types which is high angle shot, Over the shoulder shot and close up shot. LS2 have been watching the movie Princess Bride and I have notices similar shot types in the movie. I enjoyed the movie Princess Bride and also recommend it for kids.

What is a coalition?

Today we have been learning about what a coalition is and how it affects the government. A coalition is when small political parties join forces with bigger political parties and give them more seats in parliament.Today I have learnt who our local MP is, her name is Denise lee and represents Maungakiekie she was born on 4 December 1970 and is a member of National.

Cross Country

On Thursday we went down to Dunkirk for cross country. We had to run 5 laps around the course and finish through a inflatable balloon that we had to pass when we finished. We were the last class to run because we were in the seniors, as we waited we cheered on the other classes and as time when pass it was time for my year to run. We stood in a line while waiting for the clapper to clap I was excited but nervous at the same time then when the clapper hit my ears I started jogging with Sanujan. Throughout the course we jogged the whole race we started off last because we didn't want to waste our energy, but we managed to overlap people and we came 8th and 9th (I was 8th). We had a good time even though we didn't make the top 3 hopefully Next year I can come `1st 2nd or 3rd.

Sir Geoffrey

Sir Geoffrey Palmer was the 33rd prime minister of New Zealand. After he left parliament he had a good Korea being a lawyer. He was the labour leader in 1979 to 1990 and was a good influence for New Zealand.  He was born in nelson and raised their, he also represented Christchurch central.

Election Jigsaw

For the election that is happening now every intermediate students are studying about election and what happens in a election. We have learnt all the parties that is entered in the election . In LS2 we have been working collaboratively on a activity called Election Jigsaw. We had to name all the political parties and name the leader, the electorate (what place they are representing), a picture of them and the picture of the party logo. For example Nationals leader is Bill English his electorate is Cultha-South land. LS2 have found out that the two main parties are Labour and National.

eBookday

Read an eBook day is when you read books anytime and anywhere. This celebration is celebrated on September 18. For read an eBook day we went on the Tamaki College over drive and read a book. I found a book called big Nate pray for a drill I found this book really funny and recommend it for younger students.      #eBook love

Time Versus Money

This week for maths we focusing on round numbers to the nearest ten for example if a Ice Block is $1:99 and I round it to the nearest ten the Ice Block will be $2:00 or if a lollies is 1:34 and I round it to the nearest ten the lollies will be $1:30 because there is no 4 cents in New Zealand. 

Tech - Food Tech

Today the year 7 and 8 went to tech at Tamaki college for their second session of their new rotation. Half of the year 7 did art, the other did food tech and the whole year 8 did Hard Materials. Today at food tech Mrs Heka (our cooking teacher) explained to us how to cook bacon and egg pie. The equipment we needed was 2 measuring bowls, 2 knives, 2 choping board, 1 wooden spoon and a rolling pin. The ingredients we needed was bacon, cheese, spaghetti and dough. Each person had 4 pies. I worked collaboratively with my buddy's Jeremiah and Miki. The bacon and egg pie was delicious.

Tamaki College Digital Library

Today LS2 went on the Tamaki College Digital Library to focus on our Reading skills and knowledge. There books of Fiction, Non Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy and also Mystery and Suspense. I went on Mystery and Suspense and read a book called The Missing Mitt written by Franklin W. Dixon. The part I have just read up to was about two boys name Joe and Franklin who were getting ready for their baseball finals. They are running late but luckily Joe knows a faster way to the park.

Taking Risks - Kiwi Can

Today in our Kiwi Can session we started with a warm game that we have played once before, It was called bip bop bounce we started playing it in a circle, but boys and girls were separate. Then when we got better we made a bigger circle that was challenging for me. After this intense and exciting game we went outside to play hand soccer this game was similar to football but using hands only with was a bit hard for me to play. We played hand soccer outside and everyone participated and contributed it was a fun game because I scored 2 goals in 2 games which was really good for 3 minute games. At the end all of use joined in and in the game took risks. I had a lot of fun trying hard and scoring goals and we're looking forward for next week.

Bullying Animations

For this task we had to create an animation or a movie to tell others how to stand up to bully's. On of the main things you do is Stand up & Speak out, we also us WITS to stand up to bully's. I had really fun creating this activity, and learning how to stand up to bully's. 

Learning to use synonyms - Freeman

Today for writing we had to edit these sentences and put in more powerful words. I worked collaboratively with Ofa on this task. We found this a little bit hard because at the end we noticed that not all the words we changed made sense when we read out our sentences. Next time I need to remember to check that my sentences make sense. We thought it was fun finding new and different powerful words to use in our writing.

Read Theory - Marine Iguanas

Today I have did read theory and have read a text about Marine Iguanas. Marine iguanas are one of the strangest and scariest predators living in the Galapagos Islands. I found this very interesting because I've never seen or heard about Marine Iguanas. At the end of the text I got 10/10 and moved on to the next grade. It's predator is a Galapagos hawk and it's average life span is 5 to 12 years old.

Tech - Art

Today at tech we had our new rotations, we have just finished cooking and was excited for our new rotation. Our new rotation was art with Mr stagg, In art we had to get A4 paper and got to draw our cultural patterns we had to divide our paper into 5 parts so that each part gets a pattern or something got to do with our culture in the patters. In my first divided half I drawed a Tongan Allamanda flower and in my second divided part I'm planning to write a Tongan ngatu pattern based on my culture.

Why it's great to be me?

It great to be me because I get to play in any sport competitions during my time at school. I'm still young and active, I am competitive sometimes even if it's not a game. Lastly it great to be me because I get to learn different things about history, culture, Maths,Reading,Writing and different types of sports. I found this easy because I had to technically describe my qualities and things about me.

Two Day Woner

Two Day Wonder

There is a clever contrast between the way the poet describes yesterday and today.  List all the words that give you a feeling of being sick, sad, depressed or bored. Silent,drooped,dragged,sulked,yawned and grumbled

Now list all the words that describe feeling well, happy, bright and active from the second verse.  Better,Swish,Clatter,Hurry,Flying,Gallops,Shine and Dances

he lines from each verse matchup also.  List five of the opposite images.  This first one is done for you.

The street stretched silent, footpaths still - Cars swish, skateboards clatter.

1. Washing dropped on the line - Shirts, sheets, socks stream in the breeze .
2. My bike lay on the drive - My bike waits by the garage .
3. Clouds dragged, low and slow. - Clouds hurry, high and flying
4. The dog sulked in his basket - The dog gallops round the house.
5. The world yawned and grumbled -The world shine and dances.

This is called juxtaposition.  Look this word up in the dictionary and copy the definition here

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

"the juxtaposition of these two images"

Today for reading we read a poem and answered questions involving the poem. I found this a little bit difficult because I was confused at the start but continued on and improved my answers. Next time when I do something similar to this I need to read the poem more then once slowly and carefully.

You've got 2 minutes

I see the rapid fire of handballs being missiled across the courts as if they were starting world war 4. Skillfully I dodge every ball zooming past my face like a ninja. I smell the strong cologne wafting through the senior playground almost like we’re all at the Oscars trying to impress each other. Sadly this is mixed with the odour  of sweat that seems to sting me every time I walk past the courts. I hear all the complaints and excuses as the handballs continue to bounce. The girls screeching annoyingly,  “Stop pushing in!” always hurts my ears as I walk by. I feel the squishy round handball fall into my palm as I skim it as quick as possible. My mission to aim at others and protect my territory. I’m King at last but as soon as I think I'm winning, I get skimmed out without noticing. I taste defeat at first but the stronger taste is that of victory, as I know I left the court as King.
Today we used the 5 senses to create a story of what happens during lunchtimes. In my story I talked about handball and the loud noises that goes on during that time. We all had 2 minutes write a sentence for each of the 5 senses, I found this hard because I couldn't think of any powerful words to put in my story, but at the end I still had fun and fixed up my mistakes.

Flexitangle

Yesterday we created a flexitangle with A3 paper. When we finished colouring we had to cross and score it with scissors and a ruler to make it straight. Lastly we glued the edges and had to fold it to make it look like this picture. After I was done it came out looking like this, even though it was very difficult I had lots of fun doing the process. I have learnt to draw designs bigger to make the colouring part easier and next time when we do a hexiflexigon I need to take my time and do not rush. 

Fosbury Flip

Today I have created a DLO about a famous quote and a famous person who made history. Dick Fosbury was famous for his inspiring quote and Fosbury flip that he created to win the gold medal in high jump.

A or An

In writing we learnt about A and an and how we use it in a story or sentences. These are my examples for a and an . I have learnt that we use an before words starting with vowels or with a silent h eg: It has been an hour since a slept.

Foot Loose

Today we managed to remember our dance from yesterday. In our dance we used rewindable learning. Rewindable learning is when we can go back and watch our video. We also rewinded our learning and practised again and again we collaborated and remembered all the moves we also performed in front the class and I think we were a bit nervous but very excited. Thank you to Zoe for showing us how to do the dance. 

A or An

Today we were learning to use a and when to use an before a word. If a word begins with a vowel (a e i o u) or a silent h (eg-hour), we use an. I found this fun because I had fun playing with the images and learnt different things today.

Siblings

Siblings

Siblings like mine are curious and very annoying they always want to see what your doing and always tell on you if you are doing something or broke something special. I only have older sisters but younger cousins sometimes they cry very loud and your ears start to tingle.

49 words in 1 minute

They always smell especially babies when they wear nappies, it's so disgusting changing their nappies I can’t believe they can stand the smell it's so horrifying but babies are cute. Babies have very smooth skin and they are cuddly. When the try to walk it like a turtle stuck on its back but one day they learn how to walk and even run maybe one day punch. Older sisters like mine are always up to mischief.

83 words in 2 minutes

Our challenge today was to write our ideas clearly so that they make sense. We had only 4 minutes to do this in, and 1 minute to check our writing. Our task was called 2 words 1 minute we had to choose one of the words then power write for one minute, count our words carry on for 2 more minutes, count our words, then finish with 1 more minute. It was exciting and challenging for ourselves and I enjoyed it .

Dad meets the Martians

Learning journey prizes

During the winter holidays we worked on the winter learning journey challenge. In the challenge we explored the different activities and places at city's in New Zealand. Today in assembly we got exciting prizes and there was a impressive number of people who did the winter learning journey through out the weekend. Congratulations to Oh sen and Daniel for posting over 500 comments and won 1st place prizes and the 2nd, 3rd , 4th, 5th and 6th! Prize winners. I also would like to give a big thank you to Rachael for providing the exciting activities for us during the winter holidays.    

Cooking tech

Today we went to tech at Tamaki College. For tech our group is doing cooking and in 2 weeks we are changing. Today we made scones with bacon, cheese, eggs and milk San kyaw and I collaborated a manage to made 15 scones at the end I shared with my friends and it tasted delicous. 

Let me tell you some thing about

Let me tell you something about lunchtimes at PBS. Seconds before the bell rings everybody gets excited waiting for the loud sound to hit their ears. As soon as the bell rings everybody rushes like a herd of bison going through a small door. When we get outside I dig my through the bags to find my lunch, it looks almost curved like a colourful basketball made out of clay. While we are eating we wait for somebody to walk down the stairs with a handball. As soon as we see the little round ball we react in excitement and start running down the stairs screaming like a bunch of little girls in a concert. We mark our square in the handball grid making people howl in anger because they got out and taunt in happiness when they skim somebody out. The juniors run down the concrete hill screeching endlessly like a bunch of annoying bees stinging you everytime you look at them. On the field the senior boys are playing rugby scoring tries and running down the field back and forth like a ninja people jumping and flying through the air. They don’t seem to notice some boys on the ground in pain. All this happens while the teachers are in the staffroom resting and watching us like a hawk from distances away. Even though sometimes we are in mischief lunchtimes are always fun.

Today in Writing we have talked about lunchtimes in PBS and what happens at during this time. One of the important things that I did in my writing was to make sure I used powerful words and language features to hook in the readers. I suggested what my buddy had to delete and add to help him make sure his writing made sense. Next time in my writing I need to proofread carefully and slowly.

Fractions

1. 85 people from PBS went to a Warriors game. ⅕ of them got to meet the players. How many people didn’t get to meet the warriors?  

 

2. In Thailand there were 80  boats parked along the shores ¼ of them sailed away to find fish. How many of them stayed?

        

3. 24 students went to the shop and ¼ came back to school. How many people stayed at the shop.

4. 45 people went and played handball. ⅕ of them went to have something to eat. How many of them are left playing handball?

5. 28 People from PBS were given a piece of pizza. 1/7 did not eat any. How many people did not eat any pizza?

6. 36 people went to the NBA finals. ¼ did not get picked to play in the finals. How many people went to the NBA finals?

7. Freeman had 300 pens he had to share ½. How many does he have know?

8. Affonso had 18 pieces of pizza. He had to share with 7/9 of his pizza with others. How many pieces does he have left?

9. They are 500 apples Josh had to pick 2/4 of the apples off the trees. How many are still on the trees?

10. P.B.S got 1000 bananas they had to share 4/8 with other schools. How many do they have now?

Today our group collaborated to create some fraction word problems for our friends to solve. It helped us think about the strategies we use for finding fractions of whole numbers, and it will help them practise their strategies when they find the answers.