Sarah Burke

International Baccalaureate PYP educator based in Canberra, Australia. I'm passionate about inquiry learning, conceptual understanding and global perspectives.

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My favourite fractions task. It's so interesting watching Ss work through the more complex ones like quarter past two. #inquirymaths #pyp #fractions

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Day 2. Building towards understanding F/D/P of a collection. By placing the counters on the grid they could see F/D/P in a different way.

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Starting on fractions/decimals/percentages. A twist in the good old folding paper lesson. The grid paper allowed Ss to extend as far as they were comfortable and find patterns. It was a good of lesson in decimals particularly (0.1 vs 0.01).

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Used this as an assessment, but if I had a do-over I'd use it as a lesson instead because the group based inquiry would have been great. noticing pattens in squares places on a #CartesianPlane #ibpyp #InquiryMaths #year6

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Another adapted Re(Solve) lesson. I always end up adapting their stuff, but they have amazing content. #ibpyp #InuiryMaths #year6 #Integers

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Lines represent roads and the squares a city block. We decided to place our depot @ (0,0). Had to make deliveries to all the dots and return. Challenge was to find the shortest path. We got 24 moves. Would like to try this saying the company has drones and measure with rulers.

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Adapted Re(solve) lesson with yr6 today. They loved it. Got so involved with solving they didn't even struggle with paired coordinates. #ibpyp #inquirymaths

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Today 5B explored equivalent fractions in a fun and unusual way. By changing the size and shape of the flag, students were able to experiment with fractions by finding equivalent fractions to 24/48.

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What number is represented here? How can digits higher than 5 be shown when there are only 5 beads? 5B investigated this picture of an abacus and tried to figure out how it worked. We discovered that each bead on the bottom side of the line = 1, but the bead above the line = 5.

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A trip to Europe, a partner breaking their leg and requiring surgery in a foreign country, and moving house and renovating can really dampen your enthusiasm and ability to tweet your teaching. But I'm back now!

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The latest #SharingthePlanet #UoI off to a cracking start. #ibpyp

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#PYPclassroom #ibpyp #HowtheWorldWorks They won't stop! They keep asking questions! Every one of these post-its is a rich and relevant question & we are only two days into out new UoI. Now begins the epic task of weaving them together to direct the learning.

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#PYPclassroom #ibpyp #SharingthePlanet for this UoI, I held back on presenting the central idea to the Ss and instead relied on the Lines of Inq. Today, at the end of the unit, they had a crack at writing the CI themselves. It was great to see what big ideas they took away.

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#inquirymaths #PYPclassroom #ibpyp I'm very eager to try this one out. https://t.co/YGFVkSIJSH My Ss have already done something similar, & it will boost their understanding of mathematical formulas. A good way to double check the number of edges, vertices and faces of 3D shapes.

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#inquirymaths #PYPclassroom #ibpyp An inquiry into testing theories and justifying answers. We wondered how few colours you can use to make a map. We theorised that any map with 3 colours would work. Ss needed to test and prove. They found that to be false, but what about with 4?

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@hollykrieger Is this/will this be on Android? I want it! :D

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#inquirymaths #ibpyp in our inquiry into the importance of testing theories & justifying answers in maths, we tried to come up with a theory of what guarantees a winning game. Our best theory: if the genus (edges-vertices +1) is less than the sum of the numbers a win is possible.

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#inquirymaths #PYPclassroom #ibpyp Transformation is fun! I am amazed at the level of thinking my year 5 Ss are capable of. This lesson also helped me sort out some misconceptions about reflection and angles, plus is a neat way to look at x and y axis.