Planting a Garden

Mrs. Rosenberg’s hobby is gardening. She is planning her spring planting. She wants to plant 1/6 of her garden with tomato plants, 2/4 of her garden with corn seeds, and 1/3 of the garden in green beans.

  1. Draw and label a diagram of Mrs. Rosenberg’s garden.
  2. Explain how you divided up the different areas of the garden.

Scoring Rubric

4 Student has all the correct calculations and included a detailed explanation.
3 Student has minimal errors in calculations and a brief explanation.
2 Student has several errors in calculations with a limited explanation or correct calculations with no explanation.
1 Calculations are incorrect with little or no explanation.
0 Answer show no understanding of question.

Kentucky Learning Goals and Academic Expectations:

1.5  Students use mathematical ideas and procedures to communicate, reason and solve problems.

1.11  Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.

2.8  Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and accurately.

5.1 Students use critical thinking skills such as analyzing, prioritizing, categorizing, evaluating, and comparing to solve a variety of problems in real-life situations.

Skill Objectives:

Students will be able to make equivalent fractions.

Students will compare fractions.

Students will use fractions to show parts of a region.

Students will be able to write detailed explanations of their finding.

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