| Title: Yummy
Math |
| Subject: Mathematics
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| Grade Level: 1
- 3 |
| Overview:
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| This lesson is designed to have students graph the colors of
Skittles in an individual bag. |
| Approximate
Duration: 1- 45 minute period |
Content Standards:
- Number and Number Relations
In problem-solving investigations, students demonstrate an
understanding of the real number system and communicate the
relationships within that system using a variety of techniques and
tools.
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Benchmarks:
- N-1-E
constructing number meaning and demonstrating that a number can
be expressed in many different forms (e.g., standard notation,
number words, number lines, geometrical representation, fractions,
and decimals); (1,2,4)
- N-3-E
reading, writing, representing, comparing, ordering, and using
whole numbers in a variety of forms (e.g., standard notation, number
line, and geometrical representation; (1,4)
- N-6-E
applying a knowledge of basic math facts and arithmetic
operations to real-life situations; (2,4,5)
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
- Science : Science as Inquiry
The students will do science by engaging in partial and full
inquiries that are within their developmental capabilities.
- Family and Consumer Sciences : Management of Resources 4.10
Demonstrate a plan for product development, testing procedures,
and demonstration techniques.
- Family and Consumer Sciences : Management of Resources 4.17
Demonstrate effective communication skills.
- Family and Consumer Sciences : Nutrition and Foods 5.19
Demonstrate effective communication skills.
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Educational Technology Standards:
- Identify, explain, and effectively use input, output and storage
devices of computers and other technologies (e.g., keyboard, mouse,
scanner, adaptive devices, monitor, printer floppy disk, hard
drive).
- Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and the
advantages and disadvantages those uses provide.
- Use a variety of developmentally appropriate resources and
productivity tools (e.g., logical thinking programs, writing and
graphic tools, digital cameras, graphing software) for
communication, presentation, and illustration of thoughts, ideas,
and stories.
- Use technology resources to assist in problem-solving,
self-directed learning, and extended learning activities.
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Objectives:
TLW complete a tally chart.
TLW construct a bar graph. |
Lesson
Materials and Resources:
tally charts
Skittles candy: individual bag for each student
pencils |
Technology
Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Printer
Software:
Graph Club |
Background
Information:
The students should be able to sort items by color then count them.
The students should be able to organize information into a tally
table. The students should be able to construct a graph on the
computer. |
Lesson
Procedures:
1. TTW pass out individual bags of Skittles candy to each student.
2. TLW sort the candy by color.
3. TLW count how many Skittles there are of each color.
4. TLW form a tally table.
5. TLW take their tally table to the computer.
6. TLW use their tally table to construct a graph on the computer.
7. TLW print the completed graph.
8. TLW eat his/her Skittles. |
Assessment
Procedures:
TTW monitor as students sort and count the Skittles.
TTW monitor as students complete the tally tables.
TTW compare tally tables to completed graphs.
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Accommodations/Modifications:
Those students in need of remediation may be paired with a peer
student who has exhibited mastery.
----- written by
Laura Bloomer
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Reproducible
Materials:
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Explorations
and Extensions:
This activity will help students to take given information and
organize it into graph form in order to compare and contrast the
information. |
Lesson
Development Resources:
Graph Club software
Computer |
Reflections:
The students enjoyed constructing the graphs. They especially enjoyed
eating the Skittles. |
Contact
Information:
Laura Bloomer
laurabloomer@yahoo.com
Lexington Elementary |
