Lesson 6: Math is MineMPP.3

I can…

I can look back at my answers from Lesson 1-1, describe how my math biography has changed this year, and recognize ways we are all doers of math.

Key words

• math biography — The story of your relationship with math — and how it has changed over time.
• reflect — To look back at what you did, felt, and learned, and think about what it means.
• growth — The change between what you could do before and what you can do now.
• confidence — Trusting yourself to try a problem, even when the first attempt might fail.
• community — The people and places around you — where math shows up outside the classroom.

Steps

1. In September I estimated the Ferris wheel: 20 cars with about 4 riders each is 20 × 4 = 80 riders — 'about 80.'
2. Now I can go further with this year's math: at 6 turns an hour, that wheel moves about 80 × 6 = 480 riders per hour.
3. Same wheel, same me — but my toolbox grew. That difference IS my math story.

Try it

Look back at the answers you wrote in Lesson 1-1.

Check your answer

Check with your guided notes.

Sentence starter

I know ___ because ___.

Goal: I can compare my beginning-of-year and end-of-year math stories using the words then, now, changed, and grown.