December Break Assignment Directions: Choose ONE of the following assignments (all are attached): 1. Analyzing videos or pictures 2. Writing a children’s picture book about math 3. Creating an Instagram profile and post for a math idea Due Date: Wednesday, January 4th. Grading: You will get extra credit based on this rubric: Completion Less than half of the chosen assignment is complete. Over half of the chosen assignment is complete. All of the chosen assignment is complete.
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December Break AssignmentDirections:Choose ONE of the following assignments (all are attached):
1. Analyzing videos or pictures2. Writing a children’s picture book about math3. Creating an Instagram profile and post for a math idea
Due Date:Wednesday, January 4th.
Grading:You will get extra credit based on this rubric:
Completion Less than half of the chosen
assignment is complete.
Over half of the chosen assignment
is complete.
All of the chosen assignment is
complete.
Effort Little to no effort is evident.
Some effort is evident.
Final product represents
satisfactory effort.
Directions Directions were not followed.
Some directions were followed, but not all directions.
All of the directions are
followed.
Name __________________________________________
Option 1 - Picture or Video Analysis
CHOOSE either to watch the video whose link is below OR to look at the picture:
1. Make a list of 10 questions that you have about that video or picture. Please make at least 5 of the questions mathematical (involving numbers, patterns, shapes, graphs, or equations). Mark your mathematical questions with an “M.”
2. Can you use any math that you have learned throughout this year to answer any of your questions? If so, mark each question with a star *.
3. Circle one of your mathematical questions above that you are the most interested in answering.
a.) What information would you need in order to answer the question that you circled? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.) Once you had that information, what steps would you take to answer the question that you circled? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CHOOSE either to watch the video whose link is below OR to look at the picture:
1. Make a list of 10 questions that you have about that video or picture. Please make at least 5 of the questions mathematical (involving numbers, patterns, shapes, graphs, or equations). Mark your mathematical questions with an “M.”
2. Can you use any math that you have learned throughout this year to answer any of your questions? If so, mark each question with a star *.
3. Circle one of your mathematical questions above that you are the most interested in answering.
a.) What information would you need in order to answer the question that you circled? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.) Once you had that information, what steps would you take to answer the question that you circled? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name ____________________________________________
Option 2 - Children’s Picture Book
Directions: WRITE and ILLUSTRATE a story in which the hero or the villain is a PROPORTION.
You can choose whichever proportion you like.
Use the following checklist to make sure your story has all the pieces:❏ A proportion as the main character❏ At least 6 pages long❏ Pictures on every page❏ At least one math vocab word on every page (you can use the word bank
below to help you)
Add Numerator IncreaseSubtract Denominator DecreaseMultiply Equivalent ProportionalDivide Ratio PerEquation Unit GraphMore than Less than RateConstant of Proportionality
Name __________________________________________________________________Option 3 - Instagram Profile and Post
Directions: Create an instagram profile and post for a RATIO, DECIMAL or a PERCENT of your choice. Fill in all the blank sections in the template below.
