This has been an intense week with LOTS of information! I told you yesterday that I would talk about the Standards for Mathematical Practice today ... but it's Friday, and the SMPs are important, heady stuff, so I'm going to leave that until Monday, when you're fresh! I'd intended to sprinkle a little math throughout the month, and decided this might be a nice way to segue into the weekend. I'm always happy to pull tasks, but I'd also love to incorporate some of the math your kids are encountering. So if you have some math you'd like to share with the rest of us, feel free to head over to the facebook community page and post it there.
Plus, today's my birthday! To celebrate, let's do some math! Here's the task I'll pose today.
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Presley has 18 markers. Her teacher gives her three boxes and asks her to put an equal number of markers in each box.
Anthony has 18 markers. His teacher wants him to put 3 markers in each box until he is out of markers.
- Before you figure out what the students should do, answer these questions:
What is happening in these two situations? How are they similar? How are they different?- Figure out how many markers Presley should put in each box. Show your work. Then figure out how many boxes Anthony should fill with markers. Show your work.
Feel free to discuss in the comments, or on our facebook community page! I plan to refer back to this task as we dig deeper into the CCSSM and some of the shifts it asks of teachers and students.
Have a great weekend!
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