Primary 4B have been working on their problem solving skills this term. Today we were looking at the skills of drawing a diagram / picture, acting a situation out and using materials.
We were working in pairs, and each pair were given a grid which showed Nutty the squirrel on one side of the grid and his home on the opposite side of the grid. Our challenge was to make up a route for Nutty to follow to get home, and write directions for this. We then got together with another pair and had to explain our route home to the other pair. If their route matched our route then we had given nice clear directions! If this didn't happen, we needed to look at our directions again and improve them.
We had a few problems when sharing our directions with others - this included:
* giving the directions to others too quickly;
* getting mixed up with our left and right turns;
* getting very confused by having too many directions;
* having directions which were very complicated.
We discovered that if we used a small teddy to sit on the grid that this helped us think better about the way we had to turn. It was tricky but made our brains work hard!
We had a few problems when sharing our directions with others - this included:
* giving the directions to others too quickly;
* getting mixed up with our left and right turns;
* getting very confused by having too many directions;
* having directions which were very complicated.
We discovered that if we used a small teddy to sit on the grid that this helped us think better about the way we had to turn. It was tricky but made our brains work hard!
that looks tricy. finley\p4b
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