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

Integers in my Life

I see many integers in my life and one place I recognized an integer was age, The first time I realized my age was an integer was when I was 12 and that’s when I first started learning about integers.
When I went to the doctor’s office they checked my weight and told my mom my height was 4 feet 9 inches and my weight was 52 lbs. My mom said that my height and weight is an integer, like my age. Also the doctor checked my temperature and it was 98.9. My temperature was not an integer because it had a decimal.
When we were leaving the doctors we saw people playing golf and I heard somebody shouting that their score was negative four. I wondered how the person’s score was negative four and my mom explained, saying that it was a bogie. Also, negative four meant that the player hit the golf ball more than one time and the last time he made it. Also in football a sack/interception could be a negative number. An interception is when the other team throws the football and you catch it and you have to run to make a touch down if nobody tackles you.
When I got home I checked the weather and it was -1 degrees Fahrenheit. I looked up my house on the map and I saw it was 76 feet below sea level, which can also been written as -76.
Then I went to the store and I bought a pattie and a soda and it equaled 5 dollars in total, which I paid with a five-dollar bill. $-5+$5=0, so then I had zero dollars.
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