Performance Task for Students in Grade 5

(Teacher Edition~Task Analysis)

Connecting Standards
Common Core-Standards for Mathematical Content- 5.NF: Number and OperationsFractions Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions. 5.NF.B.4 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction 5.NF.B.6 Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem ISTE Standards 1.) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 4.) Model with mathematics.

Enduring Understanding
Fractions can be represented visually and in written form. Multiplication by a fraction is similar to division of whole numbers.

Essential Question(s)
How are fractions used in problem-solving situations? How do we apply our understanding of fractions in everyday life?

Learning Outcomes (Objectives)

Students will be able to demonstrate how fractions apply to everyday life through a written narrative. Students will be able to use fractions in problem solving situations in both model and written form.

Materials
Bake Sale Fundraiser Performance Task Packet Student Check List Rubric

GRASPS
Goal:
Your task is to organize a class bake sale to make sure the correct number of goods are baked, job roles are given, and posters get created to promote your bake sale.

Role:
You are the organizer of your class bake sale.

Audience:
You need to show your teacher that you successfully organized the bake sale.

Situation:
You have been asked to take on the role as the organizer for your class bake sale. You are saving up to go on a class trip to Washington DC and have decided to fundraise by doing a bake sale in your school. Your teacher noticed that you had good math and organizing skills and therefore put you in charge of converting recipes, assigning jobs, and organizing posters for advertising for the class bake sale.

Product, Performance, & Purpose:

You need to write a report to your teacher about your organizing process and how you used math to help you. In your write-up you need to clearly explain how you converted the recipes to make more of the baked goods. You also need to discuss the job roles in the class by explaining what fraction of the class was given certain jobs. The last thing you need to address in your report is the poster design being used to advertise the bake sale and what fraction of the posters is used for certain content.

Standards & Criteria for Success:

Your work will be judged by how well you discuss/describe the following: How you converted the recipes, by multiplying fractions, in order assure your teacher your class would make enough baked goods. What fraction of the students in the class were given the role of bakers or advertisers as well as what fractions of the bakers made cookies or brownie bites. How you used multiplying fractions to help you design the poster while meeting the specific criteria for what the poster had to include.

Resources
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/