Math+Week+3

= __ **Tables, Charts, & Graphs** __ = = __ **PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore** __ = Students construct and analyze tables, such as tables of quantities that are in equivalent ratios, and they use equations (such as 3x = y) to describe relationships between quantities.
 * == Objectives: == || == Essential Question: == ||
 * 1. Develop understanding of statistical thinking.

2. Use the Four Square Story Problem approach to build metacognitive awareness for reading, understanding, estimating, planning, calculating, checking, and solving math problems.

3. Create graphs to accurately represent data

4. M ake internal thinking visible and public for other students and teachers by creating and contributing math screencasts to the "How Did You Do That?" Ruth Fox Digital Library.

5. Develop computation skills in the context of working with graphs. || ====How do we get students actively engaged in //thinking about their thinking// while solving various math problems? ==== ||


 * == Assessment Pieces: == ||


 * Day 1: Creating Graphs in Excel **
 * Introduction to PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
 * **Lessons** || **Resources** || **CCSS** ||
 * Skittles Graphing Activity ||  ||   ||
 * Set up PBL Excel Spreadsheet ||  ||   ||
 * || Perhaps load some BASIC Excel tutorials for student viewing ||  ||
 * || http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx ||   ||
 * || @http://www.internet4classrooms.com/excel_create_chart.htm ||  ||


 * Day 2: **
 * "HDYDT" Math Clips: Reading, Interpreting, & Creating Graphs **
 * **Lessons** || **Resources** || **CCSS** ||


 * Day 3: Problem-Based Learning: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
 * **Lessons** || **Resources** || **CCSS** ||


 * Day 4: PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
 * **Lessons** || **Resources** || **CCSS** ||