Task Teacher Guide
Be sure to read the teacher guide prior to running the task. When you’re ready to run the task, use the tabs at the top of the page to navigate through the lesson.
Oh No! You Must Be Logged In!
You must be logged in to access the Make Math Moments Academy Teacher Guides that provide:
- The intentionality behind the task.
- A full task walk-through including:
- How to Spark Curiosity.
- Intentional moves to Fuel Sense Making including anticipated student solution approaches, models, and strategies.
- The Before, During, and After Moves teachers can make to ensure the task goes off without a hitch and,
- Consolidation and Reflection Prompts you can give students to help you determine who heard what and where to take the task the next day.
- Downloadable Media Files.
- Printable Lesson Tips Sheets and,
- Printable PDF Lesson Handouts.
Estimation Reveal:
Prompt #1:
Next up in the Shot Put competition, officials measured a throw to be 54 feet using 6 orange sticks exactly. How long are each of the sticks?
Prompt #2:
The opponent challenged the officials to measure with a purple stick that is 6 feet long. If the purple sticks were used to measure out the throw exactly, how many sticks must they have used?
Prompt #3:
Conveniently, both the purple and orange sticks measured the 54 foot throw exactly.
Are there any other shot put throw lengths where this would occur? Use a model to convince us.
Consolidation Prompt #1:
Consider the following equation:
24 ÷ 6 = 4
Write two scenarios to describe this equation using both types of division.
Consolidation Prompt #2:
Lucy says that the officials can measure a throw of 22 feet two ways:
using only purple measuring sticks; or,
using only orange measuring sticks.
In both cases, she states the officials would not need to add or subtract any additional feet.
Prove or disprove Lucy’s statement using a model to convince your math community.