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 two pictures or the video and one picture from these options: ❏ Picture A

❏ Picture B

❏ Video: http://www.101qs.com/3295-standing-in-line

For ONE of the pictures/video you chose…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? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

PART 1

For the SECOND picture/video you chose…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? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

PART 2

Name ____________________________________________

Option 2 - Children’s Picture Book

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

You can choose whichever fraction you like.

Use the following checklist to make sure your story has all the pieces:❏ A fraction 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 Greater thanSubtract Denominator Less thanMultiply Equivalent WholeDivide Part

Name __________________________________________________________________Option 3 - Instagram Profile and Post

Directions:  Create an instagram profile and post for a PLACE VALUE or a FRACTION of your choice.  Fill in all the blank sections in the template below.