Karen Fouts
3rd Grade
Honey Creek Elementary School
Rockdale County Schools

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Task GPS Addressed Video Classroom Materials

Task

Overview In this math problem, the students work in small groups to select a healthy snack combination that totals exactly $3.55. This task combines students’ addition/subtraction fluency with estimating skills. Performance Task You have some money to buy snacks. How can you spend exactly $3.55? Find at least three different ways. Baked chips 45¢ Milk 86¢ Hot chocolate 67¢ Apple 52¢ Low-fat hot dog $1.25 Veggie burger $1.44 Popcorn 49¢ Orange 62¢ Banana 87¢ Bottled water 99¢ Frozen yogurt bar 39¢ Raisins 56¢ List your three different combinations and the total price for each combination.

GPS Addressed

M3N2. Students will further develop their skills of addition and subtraction and apply them in problem solving. Use the properties of addition and subtraction to compute and verify the results of computation. Use mental math and estimation strategies to add and subtract. Solve problems requiring addition and subtraction.

Video Information

get the flash player to see this video. Use these questions to guide your thinking about some of the important teacher ideas in the lesson featured in the video clip. What kinds of questions does the teacher ask to promote students’ problem solving? How is the teacher gauging students’ current understandings and building from those understandings? Consider the GPS standards listed with this video.How does the lesson featured in this video address each of these? What makes this lesson different from lessons you have taught on this topic?

Classroom Materials

Lesson Plan Healthy Snack Pictorial Guide Healthy Snack Student Handout Assessment Resources