Summer Daze

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Summer Daze

Description:

This lesson plan asks students to record how they spend the hours of a typical summer day. They will then write as fractions, decimals, and percents and then compose a circle graph. A "concentration" game is also included for easy differentiation.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Number Sense, Geometry, Arithmetic

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students, Learning disabled students, Gifted or honors students

Online provider:

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Keywords:

Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Conversions

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Publisher:

NCTM Illuminations

Is Part Of:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Protractor; Coffee filters or similar circular objects; Colored markers, pencils, or crayons; Black markers; Computer with Internet connection

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons/SummerDaze/SummerDaze-AS.pdf

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Mathematics

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Observation, Informal assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them

select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plot, and scatterplots

Conforms To

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Number and Operations Standard

Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems

work flexibly with fractions, decimals, and percents to solve problems

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Expressions and Equations

Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.

Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies.

Major Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Statistics and Probability

Summarize and describe distributions.

Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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Summer Daze

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