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.
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


Look at the following picture:

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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.”

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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? ______

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b.) Once you had that information, what steps would you take to answer the question that you circled? ______

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CHOOSE either to watch the video whose link is below OR to look at the picture:

❏Picture


❏Video:

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.”

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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? ______

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b.) Once you had that information, what steps would you take to answer the question that you circled? ______

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Name ______

Option 2 - Children’s Picture Book

Directions: WRITE and ILLUSTRATE a story in which the hero or the villain is a TRANSFORMATION.

You can choose whichever transformation you like.

Use the following checklist to make sure your story has all the pieces:

❏A transformation 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)

Name ______

Option 3 - Instagram Profile and Post

Directions: Create an instagram profile and post for a LINEAR FUNCTION or a TRANSFORMATION ofyour choice. Fill in all theblank sections in the template below.