Problem of the Day: Bake Sale

Madame is baking cupcakes for the upcoming bake sale, her recipe calls for 1 ½ cups of flour. Madame wants to make 3 ½ batches so that she can have enough to sell. How much flour will she need?   

Show your work visually and symbolically (with numbers and symbols)

Problem of the Day: D & D

To the Dungeon!

Evan loves to play Dungeons and Dragons with Davin and Avi. However, his parents have realized that it is getting in the way of his homework. They decided that for every hour that Evan spends on homework, his parents will give him 1 ⅔ hours of time to play D & D.

This week Evan spent 2 ⅖ hours on homework. How many hours of Dungeons & Dragons did Evan earn?

Problem of the Day: I ONLY NEED A FRACTION OF THAT!

I ONLY NEED A FRACTION OF THAT!

Kyle’s family has a salad dressing recipe that can feed his entire family! Kyle has shared the recipe with Julia for her upcoming Easter dinner. Julia’s family is only ⅓ the size of Kyle’s therefore she needs to adjust the size of the recipe by determining one third of the recipe (and each ingredient). How much of each ingredient will Julia need to make the dressing for her family?

Ingredients:

Ingredient	Kyle’s Recipe	Julia’s recipe
Vinegar	¾ cup
Oil	½ cup
Mustard	3 ¼ teaspoon
Jam	⅓ cup
Garlic powder	1 teaspoon

Show your calculations, models and strategies below:

(you MUST use a visual representation for at least 2 of the ingredients)

Problem of the Day: Jump Rope for Heart

Every year Prince Philip participates in Jump Rope for Heart. About 4/7 of 8M collected pledge money for the event. Close to 3/8 of these students raised over $50 each.

a) What fraction of the class raised over $50?

b) What fraction of the class raised less than $50?

c) There are 26 students in our class. Estimate how many students raised over $50.

**Don’t forget to choose a model to justify and show your thinking***

Fraction Problem of the Day: Run, Edwin, Run

PROBLEM OF THE DAY - RUN EDWIN RUN!

Edwin is training to be a runner. Last week he ran ½ hour on Monday, ⅚ h on Wednesday, ⅔ h on Friday and ¾ h on Saturday.

1. Estimate how many hours Edwin ran in total?

Justify your thinking!

2. How many hours did Edwin run in total last week?
3. For how many more minutes did Edwin run on Wednesday than on Saturday

  

EXTENSION: Andrew made Edwin a running schedule to follow for the month. What might be the schedule look like for Edwin to run, using the data from last week?

Revision en groupes: défi d'écriture

Le processus de Révision en groupe

1. Les élèves sont placés en groupes de 3 ou 4. Chaque groupe travaillent sur leurs propres histoires.
2. Chaque élève dans le groupe lit son brouillon à voix haute. Après la lecture, les membre du groupe vont discuter le contenu de l'histoire et fait les commentaires à propos des critères d'un texte de 5 étoiles (en bas de cette poste).
3. La personne qui est propriétaire de l'histoire, écrit les commentaires des autres membres du groupe afin de réviser son histoire plus tard. 
4. Répéter étapes 2-3 jusqu'au point que toutes les histoires sont lus. 
5. Retourne a ta place, relire les conseils des membres du groupe et commence à réviser ton histoire. 

 TEXTE DE 5 ÉTOILES: 

• L’ordre des idées est
• logique. (structure)

• Le texte contient des détails intéressants qui décrivent et créent des images qui touchent les sens du lecteur ou de la lectrice. (idées)

• Le vocabulaire est riche, intéressant et/ou original. (choix des mots)

• Le texte contient très peu d’erreurs de conventions linguistiques, ce qui le rend facile à lire. (conventions linguistiques)

Problem of the Day: Mariah's Flowers

Fraction Problem of the Day
In pairs, solve the problem of the day on a large 1/2 chart paper 

Mariah bought flowers to plant on her balcony. She planted ⅙ of the flowers before lunch and ⅖ of the flowers after lunch.

1. What fraction of the flowers did she plant by the end of the afternoon?
2. She wants to finish planting the flowers in the evening so that they are ready to show Maddyne the next day. What fraction of the flowers does she still need to plant?

Show your work using pictures and words. Make sure your thinking is clearly communicated.

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER: Maliseet Basket Makers

Cette peinture au début des années 1800 par John Stanton est intitulée
Maliseet Basket Makers. Cela montre un groupe de gens Maliseet en train
de tisser les paniers pour gagner de l’argent.

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER:  Quels exemples pouvez-vous voir des Maliseet incorporant
les coutumes européens dans leurs vies?

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER: Chef Noel Briot

Lire la citation de la pétition du Chef Mi’kmaq Noel Briot au gouvernement
en 1853.

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER: Qu’est-ce que Chef Briot en demande?

Pourquoi pensez-vous que le Chef croit que la vente de terrain causerait
a pauvreté extrême?

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER: Martin Butler

Voici un extrait des souvenirs de l'enfance de Martin Butler.

PENSER, PARLER, PARTAGER: Comment Butler nous aide à comprendre comment les changements industriels ont impacté la vie plusieurs enfants aux colonies de l’Atlantique?

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Minds On

	To win a prize at the school fair, you need to land on red using the spinner and flip a head on the coin. Are you more likely to win or not to win a prize?  Calculate the theoretical probability of winning a prize in your math notebook. Justify your answer and make sure your thinking is clearly communicated.

 Discussion

1. What is the theoretical probability of winning a prize in the above scenario? Are you more likely to win or not win a prize? Justify your answer.
2. Share your response with the people sitting next to you.
3. Discuss
• How your response is similar and/or different.
• How or why you agree or disagree with their response

Describe any new learning or wonderings you have.

Next, go to Ontario Educational Resource Bank and login with the following credentials.

Username: dsbnstudent

Password: oerbs

Search for What Aren't the Chances activity. You can try to click: https://download.elearningontario.ca/repository/14/1477170000/GRD8MTHEU05A02/mme/Gr8_Math_Data_ProbabilityPart2_WhatArentTheChances/Gr8_Math_Data_ProbabilityPart2_OF/G8WhatAerntChances.html once you are logged in. Otherwise, search by curriculum, grade 8, mathematics, data management & probability, check the third expectation.

Students are expected to volunteer to come up and complete the activities to demonstrate their understanding. 

Your final unit evaluation will be on Thursday. If you have any questions, now would be a good time to ask, not wait till the day of the test. We will finish up and review tomorrow.