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Recording Numbers

Record all the numbers on the front page of the newspaper in numeral and then in word form. Then give the range, median and mode.

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Mean, Median, Mode

Standard:

Understands basic characteristics of measures of central tendency (i.e., mean, mode, median).

Virtual Vacation

Look through the newspaper for a place you would like to visit. Then clip out pictures of transportation that you would like to use, what you would take with you, and what you would like to do once you get there.

Subject:

Speaking/Listening

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

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Presentations

Standard:

Organizes ideas for formal presentations.

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Tenses

Find a newspaper article about something that happened recently. Can you rewrite this features as if it had happened in the past. Now rewrite the feature as if it was something that would happen at a future date.

Subject:

Grammar

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Past,Present and Future Tenses

Standard:

Uses verb tenses correctly in written compositions.

Tenses

Subject:

Writing Applications

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Expository Writing

Standard:

Write for a variety of purposes.

Evening for three

Pretend you are going to take three friends out for the evening. Select a movie or show and find out the cost of taking yourself and three others. Now find a restaurant and work out the cost of a meal for everyone. Figure out how much the evening will cost.

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Money

Standard:

Solves real world problems using dollars and cents.

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Evening for three

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Percents

Standard:

Uses proportional reasoning to solve mathematical and real-world problems involving percents.

New Bedrooms

Imagine you have been asked to remodel your bedroom and you've been given $500 to spend. Look through the newspaper to find items you'd like and estimate how much you could spend after paying for painting.

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Estimation

Standard:

Uses estimation techniques to solve real-world problems.

New Bedrooms

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Money, Decimals

Standard:

Solves real world problems using dollars and cents.