Math Journal Prompts

Math Journal Prompts Grade 5 Quarter 2 2006-2007 August 28, 2006 Test Item Problem-Solving Strategies/ Prompt # Standards Prompt Frequency Suggested Resources Draw a picture Yelitza brought 2½ pizzas to the party. If each person at the party ate NS 2.4 3 Write an equation exactly ¼ if a pizza, how many people were at the party? Use a model NS 2.5 2 Logical reasoning to illustrate your thinking. Make a model/Act it out Review Nancy ran 2⅔ miles. Michael ran 2.4 miles. Leslie ran 2.05 miles. of Key Who ran the farthest? Draw a number line and then write an Standard explanation of your answer. Draw a picture Draw a number line and show the positions of these numbers NS 1.5 Logical reasoning Review 1¾ -1.5 -5 0.5 3 Write an equation of Key Standard Explain your reasoning in comparing and ordering these numbers on your number line. The temperature was 5º C. It dropped 13ºC. What is the temperature Draw a picture NS 2.1 4 now? Show and explain your reasoning. Logical reasoning Make a graph There were five people at the movies. The first person ate 10 Draw a picture chocolates , the second person ate 5, the third person ate 8, and the Working backwards SDAP 1.1 2 fourth person ate 10. If the mean of the number of chocolates eaten Logical reasoning by the five people was 10, how many did the fifth person eat? Justify Make a model/Act it out your response. Guess and check On Monday, the school cafeteria sold 50 cookies, 20 oranges, 10 Draw a picture apples, and 20 milk cartons. Make a circle graph (pie chart) to SDAP 1.2 1 Logical reasoning represent the fractional equivalent of each item sold and explain your Make a graph reasoning. A school is having a candy sale. Judy’s class sold 30% of 100 bars. Draw a picture SDAP 1.3 2 Jose’s class sold 2/3 of 90 bars. Whose class sold more bars? Explain Make a graph how you solved the problem.

1 Math Journal Prompts Grade 5 Quarter 2 2006-2007 August 28, 2006 Draw a four quadrant grid. Draw a polygon that lies in more than one Draw a picture quadrant. Name the ordered pairs that represent the vertices of your Logical reasoning SDAP 1.5 2 polygon. Make a graph AF 1.4 Note: provide grid paper