Book Fair
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is to elicit ideas about book fairs, which will be useful when students plan a book fair in a later activity. While students may notice and wonder many things about the image, the range of prices of the books and types of books are the important discussion points.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There are a lot of books on a shelf and on tables.
- There are different types of books.
- Some of the books have a bunch of copies.
Students may wonder:
- Is this a book sale?
- Do all the books cost the same amount?
- How many books are there?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “What are some things we have to think about if we plan a book fair for our school?” (The different types of books we sell and have to order, the cost of the books for us, the amount to charge for each book, the number of people who come to the fair, and the number of books that we sell.)
Standards
- 5.NBT.7·Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
- 5.NBT.B.7·Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
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Book Fair
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is to elicit ideas about book fairs, which will be useful when students plan a book fair in a later activity. While students may notice and wonder many things about the image, the range of prices of the books and types of books are the important discussion points.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There are a lot of books on a shelf and on tables.
- There are different types of books.
- Some of the books have a bunch of copies.
Students may wonder:
- Is this a book sale?
- Do all the books cost the same amount?
- How many books are there?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “What are some things we have to think about if we plan a book fair for our school?” (The different types of books we sell and have to order, the cost of the books for us, the amount to charge for each book, the number of people who come to the fair, and the number of books that we sell.)
Standards
- 5.NBT.7·Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
- 5.NBT.B.7·Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.