Today in Toroa we practised problem solving in the teams we chose. The Pickle Power team and Rainbow unicorns came out on top. Our focus was communicating calmly. This means not shouting, encouraging one another, and asking quality questions instead of feeling rushed and getting too stressed.
Our theme for today was matchstick puzzles. The first one was easy, but almost all of us got stuck on the second one. This was the puzzle we found tricky:
Successful teams stayed calm and communicated effectively.
Thinking flexibly and grabbing other materials to help as visual aids was also successful.
Eventually, our persistence paid off.
One team persisted for half an hour to solve the puzzle! What worked in the end was just experimenting and trying random patterns to see things differently.
We listened well to each other and stayed positive, even though it was frustrating.
These problem solving skills will certainly come in handy as we tackle more difficult maths problems.
my favourite thing about problem solving is that we get to work in teams and while solving problems have fun with them.
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic. You did a superb job with your year-5 team mate today. It was great to see you finding success together.
DeleteI really want to do trick questions with the matchsticks
ReplyDeleteThat's cool. Did the overlapping squares puzzle count as a trick question today?
DeleteI am looking for more team problem solving and having fun and trying and experimenting more problems. Using people strength to what they now and what they are good at.
ReplyDeleteAnd i have enjoyed working together and learning about new things and challenging my friends and myself about problem solving.
Thanks for your detailed feedback Vivek. We are going to continue with fun problems that require experimentation and flexible thinking.
Deletemy favorite think is learning to work in groups successful
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see you contributing successfully to your team. Keep it up!
Deletei find learning with match sticks fun i think we should do it more oftin
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for your feedback. We will keep using different materials to solve problems. Maybe next time it will be blocks.
Deletei really enjoy working in teams
ReplyDeleteYour team has showed outstanding persistence so far. I've been really impressed! Especially today when you had a team member missing.
DeleteOlivia: I enjoy working in teams and having fun while struggling with solving problems.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback. You are doing a great job working in teams with our year 6-8 students.
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