others. Multiple Means for SMP 4: Model with mathematics Pairs or Engagement – Materials Needed: groups of students compare and order concrete Key Questions objects by one attribute. Set of connecting cube towers from motivation Formative Assessment Additional connecting cube tower Summary SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – Mystery bag of 3 objects (sticky note, glue stick, Students will share the objects they used, the crayon, pencil, paper clip, etc.) for each group of order of the objects, and how they determined students the order. with a random classroom object that is “Surprise bag” not in the mystery bags for each group of students Resource Sheets 1A&B: Mystery Bag: Ordering Objects Resource Sheet 2: Observation Data (two copies) Goal: Using a set of 3 cube towers from the motivation, tell students that you found another cube tower under all of the papers on your desk. Ask students where the tower belongs in the order of the three existing towers. How will I figure out where it goes? Talk through comparing the new tower to the 3 existing towers to determine where it belongs in the series. Give each table group a mystery bag of 3 objects (sticky note, glue stick, crayon, pencil, paper clip, etc.) Students remove the objects from the bag and order them by length from tallest to shortest. Give each table a with a random “surprise bag” classroom object that is not in the mystery bags. Ask, where can you put the surprise object in the correct order with your other objects? Have students share their ideas for putting the object in the order (compare it to the 3 items from the
Multiple Means for Engagement Key Questions Formative Assessment Summary others. Materials Needed: Set of connecting cube towers from motivation Additional connecting cube tower Mystery bag of 3 objects (sticky note, glue stick, crayon, pencil, paper clip, etc.) for each group of students “Surprise bag” with a random classroom object that is not in the mystery bags for each group of students Resource Sheets 1A&B: Mystery Bag: Ordering Objects Resource Sheet 2: Observation Data (two copies) Goal: Using a set of 3 cube towers from the motivation, tell students that you found another cube tower under all of the papers on your desk. Ask students where the tower belongs in the order of the three existing towers. How will I figure out where it goes? Talk through comparing the new tower to the 3 existing towers to determine where it belongs in the series. Give each table group a mystery bag of 3 objects (sticky note, glue stick, crayon, pencil, paper clip, etc.) Students remove the objects from the bag and order them by length from tallest to shortest. Give each table a “surprise bag” with a random classroom object that is not in the mystery bags. Ask, where can you put the surprise object in the correct order with your other objects? Have students share their ideas for putting the object in the order (compare it to the 3 items from the SMP 4: Model with mathematics – Pairs or groups of students compare and order concrete objects by one attribute. SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – Students will share the objects they used, the order of the objects, and how they determined the order.