Sharing Muffins

Overall Achievement Level: 
practitioner
Student Number: 
1

Anchor Papers: 

Problem Solving

practitioner

Problem Solving Rationale

<p>The student's strategy of using a table to show nine friends with 1 1/3 muffins each for a total of 12 muffins works to solve the task. The student's answer, "12 muffins," is correct.</p>

Reasoning and Proof

practitioner

Reasoning Proof Rationale

<p>The student demonstrates correct understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts of whole, fractional parts of a whole, and addition of fractions. </p>

Communication Level

practitioner

Communication Rationale

<p>The student correctly uses the mathematical terms <i>table, data, total, sum, dozen, fair share</i>. The student correctly uses the mathematical notation 1 1/3, 9/3.</p>

Connections Level

practitioner

Connections RationaleSharing Muffins

<p>The student makes the mathematically relevant observations, "That is 1 dozen muffins," and, "Everyone gets a fair share."</p>

Representation

practitioner

Representation Rationale

<p>The student's table is appropriate and accurate. The student provides a title, each column is correctly labeled and the entered data is correct.</p>