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Sweet Tart Hearts ActivitySweet Tart Hearts Activity
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Under the Dome
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3rd - 4th
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Sweet Tart Hearts

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Take your best educated guess. After being presented with a video of a glass of candies, class members estimate the number of each color of candies. Pupils view a graphic showing more information on the fraction of candies before comparing their estimates with the actual numbers and critiquing their estimation methods.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

fractions, estimation, estimation fractions

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide labels of the colors to help individuals that have difficulty distinguishing colors
  • Use prior to a lesson on dividing a figure into equal parts, modeling fractions

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes knowledge of how to do a 3-Act activity

Pros

  • Provides a description of the expected work within the comments
  • Includes actual counts of the candies

Cons

  • None

Common Core

3.NF.A.1 4.NF.B.4.a 4.NF.B.4.b 4.NF.B.4.c

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