ALEX Learning Activity

  

The Food Drive

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Michelle Frye
System:Blount County
School:Hayden Elementary School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2654
Title:
The Food Drive
Digital Tool/Resource:
The Food Drive Google Slide Show
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

Students will use data from a table to make multiplicative comparison statements of the data. This activity allows multiple practice opportunities.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 4
1. Interpret and write equations for multiplicative comparisons.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • When given a multiplication equation, create and explain a corresponding verbal multiplicative comparison statement.
    Example: interpret 35 = 5 x 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 35 is 7 times as many as 5.
  • When given a verbal (written or oral) representation of a multiplicative comparison, write and solve the related multiplication equation.

    • Example: Sue has 7 cards and Joe has 5 times as many cards as Sue. The student will write 5 x 7 and accurately find the number of cards Joe has to be 35.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • Multiplicative comparison
  • Multiplier
  • Equation
  • Times as many
  • Times as much
  • Verbal statement
  • Factor
  • Product
  • Quantity
  • Multiple
  • Scale factor
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • How to write an equation to represent a word situation.
  • Which quantity is being multiplied and which factor is telling how many times.
  • Varied language that describes multiplicative comparisons.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Interpret equations for multiplicative comparisons.
  • Write equations for multiplicative comparisons.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • Multiplicative comparisons relate the size of two quantities and a scale factor.
  • Factors in multiplication problems have different roles from each other in the context of comparison problems.
  • Explanations and drawings show ways multiplicative comparisons are similar to and different from equal groups and arrays.
Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives:
M.4.1.1: Use arrays to show equal groups in multiplication.
M.4.1.2: Recall basic multiplication facts.
M.4.1.4: Demonstrate computational fluency, including quick recall of addition and subtraction facts.
M.4.1.5: Recognize multiplication as repeated addition.

Prior Knowledge Skills:
  • Identify and define the parts of a multiplication problem including factors, multiplier, multiplicand and product.
  • Use multiplication to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays based on columns and rows.
  • Write an equation to express the product of the multipliers (factors).
  • Relate multiplication to repeated addition and skip counting.
  • Apply concepts of multiplication through the use of manipulatives, number stories, skip-counting arrays, area of a rectangle, or repeated addition.
  • Apply basic multiplication facts through 9 x 9 using manipulatives, solving problems, and writing number stories.
  • Solve addition problems with multiple addends.
  • Represent addition using manipulatives.
  • Distinguish between rows and columns.
  • Use repeated addition to solve problems with multiple addends.
  • Count forward in multiples from a given number.
    Examples: 3, 6, 9, 12; 4, 8, 12, 16.
  • Recall doubles addition facts.
  • Model written method for composing equations.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
M.AAS.4.1 Solve one-step word problems involving real-life situations using the four operations within 100 without regrouping and select the appropriate method of computation when problem solving.
Learning Objectives:

The student will be able to use verbal statements to describe multiplicative comparisons and write a multiplication equation that represents the statement.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

The teacher will show the Google Slide Show to the whole group.

  1. Show slide one (title slide). Activate student thinking by asking students what happens during a food drive. Ask students, "If we had a food drive here, how could we keep up with the amounts collected each day?"

  2. Allow students to share their responses.

  3. Show slide two. Discuss with students how the amounts (data) are displayed in a table. Ask students, "How does this table help us locate data quickly?"

  4. Ensure that students can accurately read the table through questioning. Ask, "How many cans did Mrs. Frye's class collect on Tuesday? Who collected the most cans on Thursday?, etc."

  5. Students will work independently or in partners to complete the questions that accompany the slide in their math journals/paper.

  6. Allow students to share their answers and their thinking.
Assessment Strategies:

Check student work at the conclusion of the activity to assess their understanding. You can use the following guidelines to ensure students meet the learning objective.

Check that the student:

  1. read the data within the table.

  2. correctly formed multiplicative comparison statements based on the data.
Advanced Preparation:

The teacher will need a copy of the Google Slide Show and a projector to display the task. Students will need pencils and math journals/paper.
Variation Tips (optional):

This task can be used as a stand-alone activity or in conjunction with Comparing Amounts (before activity) and Picture This! (after activity).
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

ALCOS 2019

1. Interpret and write equations for multiplicative comparisons.
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: equations, multiplication, multiplicative comparison