Maths with Nicolle!!

First, the children headed down to the theatre to view a presentation on polygons created by Nicolle. 

She explained the different polygons within geometry. She displayed a polygon family tree to show the relationship of each shape. 

Next, she discussed triangles. Triangles are classified by their sides-equilateral, isosceles, and scalene- or classified by their angles- acute, obtuse, and right. There was a video in English which helped the students understand the terms better. 

Then, she defined quadrilateral and displayed more charts. There was a video in English about quadrilaterals as well.

At the end of class the students formed polygons with a string. Each student would be an angle. For example, five students made a hexagon. Then a student with a different color of string would show the different shapes inside the hexagon by connecting different angles to one another. From a hexagon, the different polygons illustrated were triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids. This activity enabled the students to be active and view the different polygons. 

MATHS WITH NICOLLE!

Hi, I am Nicolle:

Last month I had the pleasure of working with the ESO students in Sant Gabriel. I am the conversation assistant. I had gone to several classes not just English class. For example, I went to Alfonso's Maths class on Thursdays. I assisted the students in basic algebra and explained the class in English.

I believe it is a great way to incorporate English with other subjects. It enables the student to broaden their vocabulary and understand English better. We discussed integers, whole numbers, fractions, negative and positive numbers. I enjoyed the class because it had refreshed my memory. It has been a long time since I've sit in an algebra class. Overall, there was a lot of positivity within the classroom and the teachers are passionate about their jobs. 

The Numbers in Maths Class

Today in Maths class, the students of 1st ESO have analysed the difference between integers and whole numbers. We agreed that whole numbers must be above 0 but integers can be both positive and negative numbers. We studied a number line of both positive and negative numbers and compared integers with whole numbers.

The students have made groups of 4 pupils around each PC and then they have practised with this link:

http://eu.ixl.com/math/grade-5/understanding-integers

They have completed all the questions and at the same time they have elaborated a vocabulary list with all the words related to the topic:

Subject, Maths, integers, add, substract, whole numbers, positive, negative, plus, minus…..

Finally, we have taken a look to this link where we can find questions about the subject:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/whole-numbers.html

Name	Numbers	Examples
Whole Numbers	{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }	0, 27, 398, 2345
Counting Numbers	{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }	1, 18, 27, 2061
Integers	{ ... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }	-15, 0, 27, 1102

"Today's Maths class was to my surprise very funny and entertaining. We used the computers to play on a website, on which there were questions about integer numbers in English. I think it was a more fun way of practising and learn, because nowadays we use technology daily. I really liked it because it was different and to be honest time passed very quickly, at least for me."

Thalia Salgado 1st ESO B

"We did Maths in a website of the integer numbers. Then we created a dictionary with the words that we had learned with the website". 

María Albiol 1st ESO A