[james75]

I teach fifth grade math, and I would like to try something new this year with my classes. I would like to assign a math (home/school) project for each grading period (6 weeks).
I really appreciate any suggestions or projects that you have used in your classrooms.
Thank you

[StephSAL]

I always did a Geometry project...They had to have certain criteria: 3 parallel roads, 2 roads that are perpendicular to each other. Three cone shaped buildings...You can go on forever. I can't find my origional so I am going to have to remake the assignment for this year...They love it!

2 congruent triangle shaped pools, etc...The possibilities are endless!

[james75]

Great idea!!!
Thanks

[luv2teachkids]

You could have the kids design a menu for a themed restaurant. You could set the criteria for how many of each type of item (appetizers, beverages, main dishes, etc.) they have to have. Then they could write word problems using their menu. It could be very basic, just adding prices of different items, to more complex problems, like figuring the cost of a meal for you and a friend plus tax or figuring the cost of the meal for your grandma with her senior discount of 10%.

When I did this with middle school students, they really got into the theme, and I saw everything from Star Wars themed diners to Italian restaurants to a Math Cafe.

[james75]

I'm going to use your menu idea, thanks for sharing.

[1956BD]

For fractions they could create a mosaic using exactly 100 pieces. These could be seeds, different colored squares of construction paper, ... Then write the fractions and maybe percetages of each color or seed on the back to evaluate mathematically.

[Tex]

I kinda do the same thing. I have a project called "Design Your Dream House."

In a nutshell, the kids draw a 2D version of what the front of their house will look like. They must include at least 4 windows, and two doors. All lines must be drawn with a ruler and must be in CMs. Students must then determine the perimeter and area of each window and door. they must also do the same for the front of the house...perimeter and area. They must then convert these measurements to MMs. Eash dimension must be noted in typical drafting fasion. Houses must be neatly colored and students may add addtional features. As enrichment, I have my high students draw room layouts.

The kids have fun with it...especially the sahpe of the houses. I tyhen have the kids grade their own papers using a rubric, they staple it to the project and submit...I review the rubric results and assign a grade.

If interested I may have overheads and the lp for this project.

Chuck in Texas

[james75]

Please share the lp for this project- wonderful idea!

I'm going to CAMT in Dallas this week, so hopefully I will have some ideas to bring back and share.

Thanks again for sharing the lesson.