My Life as An Integer Story

In this project-based assignment, we have incorporated our math abilities with our writing abilities. We have written stories describing where we see integers in our own lives. Our stories include all the operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.


Massachusetts State Standards:


GENERAL STANDARD 19: Writing

19.16 Write brief research reports with clear focus and supporting detail.

19.17 Write a short explanation of a process that includes a topic statement, supporting details, and a conclusion.


GRADES 5–6 LEARNING STANDARDS: Number Sense and Operations

6.N.6 Find and position integers (both positive and negative) on the number line.
6.N.7 Compare and order integers (including negative integers)

6.N.9 Select and use appropriate operations to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and positive integer exponents with whole numbers

6.N.13 Accurately and efficiently add, subtract, multiply, and divide (with double-digit divisors) whole numbers.

6.N.15 Add and subtract integers, with the exception of subtracting negative integers.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS AND OUTCOMES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

  • Understands words and phrases of grade-level academic content, including technical and abstract terms. (S.1.25)

  • Creates media production using images, text, sound, and/or graphics. (W.5.13)

  • Writes short accounts of personal or familiar experiences, including academic topics. (W.2.7a)

  • Writes brief research reports with clear focus and supporting detail. (W.2.8f)

  • Participates in classroom discussion and other academic interactions using basic and and complex sentence structures (S.3.65)




Essential Question:

Essential Question:
What are integers and where can we find them in our daily lives?

Monday, June 20, 2011

Going to the Bank


One day in math class, I learned about integers. Integers can be negative and positive numbers. Mr. Poremba said that negatives go to the left of the 0 and positive go to the right of the 0.
The next day, Mr. Poremba taught me how to add and subtract integers. Mr. Poremba gave me a worksheet of integers and it took me 20 minutes longer than the rest of the class to finish. I needed help on the negative and the positive sings. Then when I figured it out I knew it like that.
Five days later, my dad and I went to the bank. The bank loaned him $85. When he came back the money his account said $-85 and he only had $70. He asked me “How much money do I need?”
You need $15, $-85 - $70=$15,” I said. So he took out his wallet and gave them $15 more.
Ten days later, he went to the bank. The bank loaned him $539. He came back the next week with $499. He asked me “How much money do I need?”
You need $40, $539 - $499= $40,” I said. He took out his wallet and gave them $40.
When we went back to the bank it was to save money for a trip. But he again had $-85 in the bank. So he gave them $100, $-85 + $100= $15 and then dad had $15 in the bank. He wanted to save $125. He needed $110 left, $125 - $15= $110. So he added another $100. But he still needed $10 more. So he asked me for money. I had $20, so $20 - $10= $10. I gave him $10 so he can go on his trip.
I wanted to go on the trip with him. I wanted to save $144 for the trip in 12 week. So I divided $144 by 12 and I had to save $12 for each week. Twelve weeks later, I had all the money for the trip but to be sure I multiplied $12 by 12 and got $144, enough to go on the trip.
In conclusion, one place we can use integers is at the bank. I used division, multiplication, subtraction, and addition to figure out how much money my dad needs and how much my dad and I wanted to save for our trip.

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