Math Generation: 3 Act Task - Kennedy ES

[Music] so a three-act task is an engaging way to get kids excited about math and it's a great way to get them to question and to problem-solve okay so this morning we're going to do a three act act so act one will be where you watch the video and the first act is

the part where you just getting them excited I want you to write down whatever you notice about the video okay and you have a spot on your form that you can write down whatever you notice that's happening in that video [Music] purple partner you are going to share something you notice they will watch it

a second time and you'll write down any wonderings you have okay so purple partners you're going to go first show something that you noticed trying to measure how much the purpose of a three-act task is to get students to really reason about mathematics and to problem-solve and it's engaging them in a real-life situations I'd like you just

to share out either something you noticed or something that maybe your partner shared with you so raise a quiet hand for something that you've noticed about the video Vivian a lump of sugar okay so you noticed a lump of something you thought was sugar thumbs up to Vivian if you had a similar wondering okay and then a

wondering that we had Daniel how much sugar does each can have was one of our wondering okay how many grams or ounces of sugar in each camp during a three-act math task the teacher role is really one of a facilitator so I present the math story I present the engaging movie and then I just ask questions what

information do you need what questions might you ask how might you go about solving that now that you have that information it's really about me questioning to get them thinking and to kind of keep them on track and then in act two is where they start to question and they start to seek information and