Story Part

Ideas

Your Plans

Choose a Topic

• Birthday party
• Hike
• Cooking
• measuring/building
• Shopping
• Time
• Sports event
• Money

Ex: $100 Prize: How we spent $100.

Choose characters

• Family
• Friends
• Animals

Ex: “My friends and I were going to the mall.. . .”

Write Introduction

Set the stage

• Home
• School
• Mall
• Zoo
• Party place

Ex: At Zoo there were 200 animals including .   and we saw 150 out of the 200 in simplest form that’s . . .

Add/Subtract Fraction Section

• Choose item
• What will you add?
• What will you subtract.
• Money, time, amount of something concrete

Ex: We each had one hour--he spent ½ and I spent ¾ --how much time did we spend together?

Multiply Fractions

• Finding out one part of another. . .

Ex: ¾ of the team were on the field and ½ of those players were wearing headbands. . . (½ X ¾)

Divide Fractions

• Breaking fractional parts or whole numbers into fractional parts.

Ex: On the hike mom had five granola bars. She wanted to divide them into pieces equal to ¼ of the bar. How many pieces did she have. (5 ¼).

Use Math Language

• Simplify
• Lowest terms
• Sum
• Difference
• Product
• Quotient
• Multiply
• Divide
• Add
• Subtract
• Round
• Percent
• Ratio
• Decimal fraction (working w/money or metric)
• Numerator
• Denominator
• Improper fraction
• Mixed numbers

Add story elements

• Description
• simile/metaphor
• Dialogue
• Good grammar

Project Criteria

What to Include

Points Earned

Title/Author

• Create a great cover and include your name and title

Story Theme

• Choose a topic you are interested in
• Tell a simple, but good story
• Include images

Simplify Fractions (3)

• Number equation 5/10 = ½
• Show a model:

• Connect to story. He was running a 10 mile race. He ran 5/10 which is equal to one half.

Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators (3)

• Number sentence such as ½ + ¼ = 2/4 + ¼ = 3/4
• Model such as

• Connects to story (she had ¼ and he had 2/4, how much did they have altogether?)

Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators (3)

• Number sentence such as ½ - ¼ = 2/4 - ¼ = 1/4
• Model such as

• Connects to story (She had ½ of the candy bar and ate ¼ of the candy bar--how much left)

Multiply Fractions (3)

• Number sentence: ½ X ¼ = ⅛

• Connects to story (ex. “He gave one half of the one fourth of the cake left to his brother.”)

Divide Fractions (3)

Number sentence: 4 ⅓ = 4/1 X 3/1 = 12

This means 4 divided into groups of ⅓.

• Connects to story. (They divided the 4 licorice sticks into pieces that equaled ⅓. How many pieces did they have?)

Or I had ⅔ of the candies left. I divided the ⅔ into groups of 1/6 . How many ⅙ groups could I make?

         ⅓ = 2/6         ⅓ = 2/6            ⅓ = 2/6

If you have ⅔ left and divide that ⅔ into ⅙ pieces, you can see that you will have four ⅙ pieces.

⅔ ⅙ = ⅔ X 6/1 = 12/3 = 4

Change mixed numbers into improper fractions. (3)

• Number equation 2 ⅔ = 3/3 + 3/3 + ⅔ = 8/3
• Example: ++
• Connect to story: Tali ordered three pizzas. Each pizza was divided into thirds. 8/3 o3 2 ⅓  were eaten, how many pieces were left? ⅓

Number Lines

(1 point for every number line)

• Use a number line to show as many fraction concepts as possible.
• Ex:

Mathematical Language (1 pt for every mathematical word)

• Highlight each mathematical word. Use the word appropriately.

Good Spelling (5)

• Make sure you spell check

Neat, Interesting Work (5)

• Thoughtful overall project, interesting/fun to read
• Informative

Presentation at School Meeting or to a younger grade (10)

• Practice your presentation
• Make an appointment with a teacher to present
• Present

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