We continue our spiral review each day. I am focusing on the types of problems that typically give my students the biggest issue on the STAAR test. I am hoping that daily exposure will make these problems come more easily!
Lesson Frame:
Lesson:
We began today, by finding out the totals for the entire 5th Grade.
Next, we compared the 5th grade data to each class's data, gathered yesterday:
Dittrich
Dabbs
Johnson
We used the mean for the 5th grade to predict the number of candies that would be in an unopened box. Then we opened the box to compare our numbers.
Dittrich
As you can see this class had 5 areas that came out as predicted.
Dabbs
Sadly, this class's data was not quite as convincing.
Johnson
This class's data was also unconvincing.
We did take a moment to discuss the fact that these boxes are not packaged by a group of Cupids counting out candy hearts. The boxes are filled by machine and are putting in .9 oz of candy in each box. The weight of each heart is going to determine the number of hearts per box.
Close:
We concluded this activity by students completing a student feedback. Within this feedback, students were asked to explain their results as they answered the questions:
- Should there be the same number of candies per box?
- Should each color have a set number of candies per box?
- What determines the number of candies in each box?
Assignment: Khan Academy
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