{"id":581,"date":"2015-04-13T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/2015\/04\/our-probability-unit-worksheets-activities-lessons-and-assessment\/"},"modified":"2015-04-13T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T01:35:00","slug":"our-probability-unit-worksheets-activities-lessons-and-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/13\/our-probability-unit-worksheets-activities-lessons-and-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Probability Unit: worksheets, activities, lessons, and assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nHi all! If you follow me on Instagram<\/a> then you probably saw what I posted this morning:<\/div>\n
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\nSo needless to say I won’t be in the classroom today and, according to the doctor (but not me yet!)<\/i>, for the rest of the week. But I will still share what my firsties will be up to anyways \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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\nLast week I introduced a new math unit on probability. We began by discussing some new math words that we will be using frequently throughout this short little unit: likely, unlikely, certain, and impossible.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nBefore school one day, I printed and cut out a whole bunch of simple scenarios<\/a>. At the beginning of each lesson over the next few days we discussed and sorted the scenarios according to their likelihood:<\/div>\n
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\nThe “impossible” scenarios were by far the biggest hit with my firsties \ud83d\ude1b<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTo practice our understanding of these 4 new math words, we created our own probability flip books<\/a> that featured events that were likely to occur, unlikely, certain, and impossible:<\/div>\n
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\nThis flip book is part of my Probability Pack<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\nTo make these books all I did was print off the first page for each student and staple it with 3 other blank pages (you can use as many or as little blank pages as you’d like depending on how many scenarios you want your kiddies to come up with)<\/i>. Then the students cut along the 3 dotted lined to make their flip books.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nToday, the kids are going to learn about spinners. I created a SMARTboard file for the supply teacher to use while introducing this concept. It simply features a spinner with 3 different-sized sections\u00a0(similar to the one on the paper below)<\/i> with several questions to discuss about likelihood. The kids then get to make their own spinners!<\/div>\n
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\nThis activity is also part of my Probability Pack<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
\nThe kids will: 1. <\/b>Decorate each spinner section 2.<\/b> Create a spinner using a paperclip and brad 3.<\/b> choose three sections of their spinner and copy the pattern into each of the three blank boxes 4.<\/b> Answer the questions 5.<\/b> Spin their spinner 10 times and record the results on a graph (second page not pictured)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAlthough I won’t be there, the kids will continue learning about probability throughout the week and will work through the rest of the practice pages in my Probability Pack<\/a>. Here’s an overview of what else they will be doing (and exactly what else is included in the pack if you’re interested!)<\/i>:<\/div>\n
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\nAnd before I go make some hot water with lemon and honey, I’d like to congratulate Jena who was the winner of my Student Awards<\/a> giveaway! Congrats Jena \ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/div>\n
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