Introduction

Tasks

Resources

Process

Evaluation

Conclusion

Teacher

You will be creating a FRACTIONS NEWSLETTER which will be published and distributed to students and staff at the school. It will be available to everyone at the end of the term.

IntroductionIntroduction

Tasks

Putting the sections together and publishing a newsletter allows you to be creative and will give you the opportunity of exploring fractions in a different way.There will be 6 people in each group to produce their newsletter.Each group will produce their own newsletter.

Roles: The Publisher uses Word or Publisher to put all the information together.The Historian creates a History article.The Find-A-Word & Jokes Creator creates a Find A Word and a Jokes section. The Cartoons & Crossword Creator to find Cartoons, and creates a Crossword.The Chef to find 6 Recipes.The Fact Finder & Puzzles Creator to find 10 Interesting Facts, and creates a Puzzles section.

Tasks continued

PUBLISHER

1 person uses Word or Publisher to put all the information together. The other members of your group will give you their information on a USB stick.

It is your job to put the information into either Word or Publisher and produce a great newsletter.

You can come up with a catchy name for your newsletter. You will have an extra 3 nights to complete the newsletter.

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

FIND-A-WORD AND JOKES CREATOR1 person creates a Find A Word and a Jokes section. You will also create a Solutions section for your Find A Word and Jokes.

For the Find A Word use the words from your chapter on

fractions. Use the find a word generator below: http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php For the Jokes section find or make up 5 jokes using fractions. Use

these sites:http://www.kidsjokes.co.uk/jokes/fairy_tale/royal_jokes.htmlhttp://www.jokesbykids.com/math/index.php?page=20

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

CHEF

You are to find 6 Recipes. You will find 2 recipes for entrée, 2 for mains and 2 for

dessert. Each recipe must use some fractions, and have a

picture to show the finished dish. Sources must be included.

Here are some sites to use:

www.taste.com.auwww.bestrecipes.com.au

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

CARTOON AND CROSSWORD CREATORYou are to find 2 Cartoons, and create a Crossword. You will also create a Solutions section for your crossword.

You can use the sites below to find 2 Cartoons using fractions or create your own.

http://www.bridgeportmath.org/mathcartoons.htmlhttp://www.andertoons.com/search-cartoons/fractions/ The Crossword must use maths questions using fractions.e.g.

Or Tom ate of 2 pies. What fraction did he eat altogether?

1 112 3

1

3

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

HISTORIAN

You are to create a History article based on fractions.

Use the site below.

www.basic-mathematics.com/history-of-fractions.html

Resources & ProcessesResources & Processes

FACT FINDER

You are to find 10 Interesting Facts using fractions, and create a Puzzles section using fractions.

Use the sites below to find your 10 Interesting Facts.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts.htmlhttp://www.funology.com/thats_odd/

You are to find 5 puzzles that use fractions. Use the site below.nrich.maths.org

Evaluation - RubricEvaluation - Rubric4 3 2 1

GROUP

SKILLS All members helped to produce the

newsletter.

Most members helped to produce the newsletter

Some members helped to produce the

newsletter

Group members had difficulty

working together

PUBLISH

ER Excellent layout of newsletter with great visual

appeal

Great layout of articles. Visual appeal

satisfactory

Fair layout of articles

newsletter articles poorly set

out.

HISTORIAN

Well written article with no punctuation or spelling errors

Well written article with some punctuation or

spelling errors

Article written satisfactorily with few punctuation or spelling

errors

Article poorly

written.

CHEF 6 Recipes with pictures/sources showing use of fractions

6 Recipes with some pictures/sources showing use of

fractions

Less than 6 recipes with pictures/sources showing use of

fractions

Less than 6 recipes with some pictures/sources showing use of fractions

Evaluation - Rubric con’tEvaluation - Rubric con’t

4 3 2 1

FACT FINDER AND PUZZLE CREATOR

10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with sources

10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with some sources

Less than 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with some sources

Less than 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with no sources

CARTOONS & PUZZLES CREATOR

Cartoons with all sources. Crossword using fractions with solution. No errors.

Cartoons with some sources. Crossword using fractions with solution. Some errors.

Cartoons with no sources. Crossword using fractions no solution. Some errors.

No cartoons and/or no

crossword.

FIND-A-WORD & JOKES CREATOR

Find-a-Word using fractions. Correct solution. Great jokes using fractions. Answers and sources given.

Find-a-Word using fractions. Some errors in solution. Great jokes using fractions. Some answers and sources given.

Find-a-word not using fractions. Correct solution. Some jokes using fractions

Find-a-word and jokes not using fractions.

Conclusion Well done!! Your group has now produced a

newsletter. You have also found out more about

fractions through the history article, jokes, puzzles and interesting facts sections.

Teacher From the NSW mathematics Years 7 – 10

Syllabus: Working mathematically p 45. Students are

using questioning, applying strategies, communicating, reasoning and reflecting when researching, writing and discussing their articles.

General syllabus reference is p59 – 63 of Number - fractions section.