Introduce
Project
-all
you will learn this month will help you to do the project Pretest
(GRIDS, MONEY, PERIMETER, AREA, VOLUME, CAPACITY, MASS) |
Maps/Grids
-look
at pretest (GRIDS) -make
a map of the class with no tools to help you -in
journals: “how could we have made a better map”? |
Maps/Grids
-show
a good map of the class on board/chart how
does a grid help you make a better map? -play
grid game |
Money
-look
at pretest (MONEY) -pet
prices worksheets (spend
under $50, show your calculations, provide for the needs of your pet) |
Money
-calculator
practice -money
game (who
won? why did they win? how many items did you buy? how close were you to
$10?) |
Measurement
-look
at pretest (UNITS) -show
examples of non-standard units -show
ridiculous examples of standard units -appropriate
units scavenger hunt |
Measurement
-geoboards:
design floor plans -describe
your floor plan to a partner; they must recreate it according to your
instructions (no peeking!) |
Measurement -look
at pretest (PERIMETER AND AREA) -perimeter:
make a fenced in area for an imaginary hamster (provide
for its needs, choose a polygon for each area, measure the perimeter and area
of each structure) |
Measurement
-area:
non-standard units why
do we need standard units? -area
work in Math Quest |
Measurement
-show how to get area of irregular
shapes
-help
farmer betty make a farm using cm grid paper (show
perimeter and area of three farm-proposals) |
Volume
-look
at pretest (VOLUME) -cm
(width, length) to cm3 (width, length, height) -fill
up different areas with little cubes: what’s the area? what’s the volume? How
are these 2 concepts related? |
Volume -paper
boxes: fill the bottom with the cm cubes, and then estimate the volume of the
whole structure |
Volume -SALT
displacement experiments |
Capacity
-look
at pretest (CAPACITY) -relate
volume to capacity; show an example of how its not the same -knowing
that 1cm3 = 1mL, guess the capacity of various containers -convert
mL to L |
Capacity -appropriate
units of capacity -eyedroppers
and pennies: what’s the capacity?? |
Mass
-look
at pretest (MASS) -look
at balances (need small flat rulers); balance things, why did it balance? |
Mass -Estimate
and record own and group members weight (body scale) |
Mass-mass
work in Math Quest |
PROJECTS
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PROJECTS
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