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

Math Outside of School


I’ve had many experiences with integers outside of school.
One day I was in the store with $2.00. I bought a honey bun for $0.75. I solved this through subtraction. $2.00-$0.75=$1.25. I also bought some chips for $0.50. I also used subtraction to solve that. $1.25-0.50=$0.75. And I got some Oreo cookies for $0.80. Then the clerk said I didn’t have enough money. But he let me go if I promised to pay him back. So I had -$0.50 because I owed 50 cents. The next day I returned to the shop and paid my debt so then I owed $0.
Another day the ice cream truck came by my house and I didn’t have any money. I asked my cousin if I could borrow $1.50. “I will give you the money but, you need to pay me back,” he said. So I ate the ice cream and then I had -$1.50. The next day I had the money but I didn’t give it to him. I bought 3 bags of chips for $0.50 each. I used multiplication to solve what the total amount of money I spent 3 x 0.50= $1.50. He got really mad and told me that now I have to pay him $3.00 +$1.50=$4.50. So I had -$4.50. But eventually I paid him back.
One day I was in the bookstore at school. I needed 3 notebooks so I bought 3 and then I had $2.00 left. I had to use division to see how many lead pencils I could buy. Lead pencils cost $0.50 each. $2.00/$0.50=4. I bought 4 pencils.
I learned you don’t have to be in school to use integers. They can be anywhere.



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