Subject/Project:StudentCity/Math

Grade:5
Duration:1.5hours

TodaysTheme/Purpose:
Day1Introductionandbuildingacoordinateplane

IntroduceStudentCity,identifycommunitywealthinBrightonpark,developrationalefor
Cartesiancoordinatesystemandintroducevocabulary.NameCoordinatePairs.

EssentialQuestions:

Whatareresourcesthatensurethatcommunitiesarehealthyandhappy?
Howcanwecommunicatewherethingsarelocatedonaplane?

KeyTerms/Vocabulary:

Community,resource,CartesianCoordinates,xaxis,yaxis,coordinatepair,point.

KeySkills/ContentStandards:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.1
Useapairofperpendicularnumberlines,calledaxes,todefinea
coordinatesystem
,withtheintersectionofthe
lines(theorigin)arrangedtocoincidewiththe0oneachlineandagivenpointintheplanelocatedbyusingan
orderedpairofnumbers,calleditscoordinates.Understandthatthefirstnumberindicateshowfartotravelfromthe
origininthedirectionofoneaxis,andthesecondnumberindicateshowfartotravelinthedirectionofthesecond
axis,withtheconventionthatthenamesofthetwoaxesandthecoordinatescorrespond(e.g.,
x
axisand
x
coordinate,
y
axisand
y
coordinate).

MiniLesson

Connection
(3min)

HowmanyofyouhaveplayedMineCraftorbuiltacityortownout
ofLegos?Whatmakesthesegamessofun?(turnandtalk)
Peoplewhobuildcitiesinreallifealsothinkaboutwhattheyneed
indifferentcommunitiesandhowtoconstructandarrangecitiesso
thattheymakesense.Forthenextfewweeks,wearegoingtobe
buildinganidealcommunity.Throughthis,wewillbelearning
aboutcoordinateplanesandvolume.Wewillbethinkingabout
howmathisusedtosolveproblemsandcreatechangeinour
world.Asaclass,wewillbebuildingmodelsofbuildings,laying
outroads,andfiguringouthowtomakethebestcitythatwecan
make.SomethingswilllookthesameasChicagoandBrighton
Park.Otherthingswilllookdifferent.Wewillthinknotonlywithour
hearts,consideringwhatwewantandneedashumans,butalso
withourmathematicalminds:Whatarewetryingtodoorsolve?
Howcanweuseallweknowandwilllearnaboutmathtodoor

solvethat?Justasinarealcity,wewillneedtoworktogether,to
cooperate.
TeachingPoint
(2min)

Goodmathematiciansworktogethertosolverealproblems.This
isimportantbecausenoonepersonknowseverythingorcando
everythingalone.

Teach(10min)

Today,wearegoingtobelookingattheprojectthatwearegoing
tobeworkingonforthenextfewweekscalledStudentCity.
(distributeStudentCityIntroduction).Wearegoingtoreadthrough
thistogether.Oncewehavereadit,youwillhaveanopportunityto
askquestionssothatyouunderstandwhatyouwillbeworkingon.
(readthroughIntroduction.Afterwards,engageinadiscussion
aboutwhattheywillbeworkingon)
Oneofthemostimportantpartsofthisprojectwillbeusingmath
cooperatively.

ActiveEngagement
(20min)
+
(20min)

PartOne:
Wearegoingtoplayamathematicalgamethatrequiresallofusto
worktogether.Itiscalledthehumancoordinateplane.Eachof
youwillgetanindexcard.YourcardeitherhasanXoraYanda
number.Whenyougetyourcard,readtheletterandnumberthat
youhave.Onepersonhasacardthatsays(0,0)andthisperson
willbecalledtheOrigin.
Now,itisveryimportantthatyoulistenfordirections.(Project
directions).
Yourjobistoworkasateamtolineupinorder.Theoriginwill
standinthiscornermarkedOrigin.IfyouhaveanXcard,youwill
lineupalongthisline,whichwewillcalltheXAxis,goingfromleast
togreatest.IfyouhaveaYcard,youwilllineupalongthisline,
whichwewillcalltheYAxis,goingfromleasttogreatest.
Forthefirstround,wewilljustpractice.Remember,wewillneedto
worktogetherandcommunicatewitheachother.Letsstartby
gettingallofmyXaxisandYaxisfolkstostandtogetherneartheir
lines.Now,trytogetintoordergoingfromleasttogreatestalong
yourlinestartingwiththeOrigin,whichiszero.(timestudents.
Oncetheyareinorder,pointoutwhattheydidwell).
Letstryagain.Tradeyourcardwithsomeoneelseinthenextten
seconds.WhenIsaygo,trytolineupinorder.Iwilltimeyouto
seehowlongittakes.
Onemoretime.Letsseeifwecanbeatourtimefrombefore.

PartTwo:
Now,youareinyourlines.Pleasesitdownwhereyouare.Raise
yourhandifyouaretheorigin.Raiseyourhandifyouareinthe
xaxis.Raiseyourhandifyouareontheyaxis.Thesetwo
intersectinglinesmakeupwhatwecallacoordinateplane.(Show

coordinateplaneonminiwhiteboard).IfIweretoputthiscandlein
themiddleofourplane,howcouldwedescribeexactlywhereitis
usingthexaxisandyaxis?(turnandtalk).Oneway,wouldbeto
sayhowmanypeopleitisoveronthexaxisandthenhowmany
peopleupitisontheyaxis.Wecankeeptrackofbothofthese
numbersinwhatiscalleda
coordinatepair.
Ifyouareonthe
xaxislookstraightahead.Whoisthetoyinfrontof?(recordx
coordinate).Ifyouareontheycoordinate,lookstraightahead.
Whoisitinfrontof?(recordycoordinate).Whenweusethe
coordinateplane,wehavetwonumbers.Thefirstnumbersays
howfarwetravelalongthexaxisandthesecondnumbersays
howfarwetravelalongtheyaxis.
Letsmovetheobjectandtryagain.(Doitagain)
Now,Iwillgiveyouacoordinatepairandsomeonewillhavetoput
thetoywhereitgoesonourplane.
Share

Remember,goodmathematiciansneedtoworktogetherinorderto
solveproblems.Coordinateplanesliketheonethatyou
constructedarehelpfultocityplannersandwillbeusedbyusto
mapoutStudentCity.

Independent
(10min)

Worksheet.

Assessmentsof/ForLearning:
ExitslipIndependentWork
Enrichment/Homework:
ShareStudentCityintroduction.
Interviewfamilyaboutadditionalresourcesincommunityandwhatfamiliesidentifyas
communityneeds.

NeededResources/Preparation:
1. StudentCityIntroduction
2. IndexcardsmarkedwithXorYandnumber
3. Worksheet

PostLessonReflection:

WelcometoStudentCity!

StudentCityisyour
community
actionproject!Asthecitysbuilders,
urban
planners
,youareencouragedtocreateamodelcityoutofrecyclablesandhavea
chancetoenvisionahealthy,sustainable,andaffordablecommunityforeveryone.In
theprocess,wewillthinkthroughrealchallengesthatwillrequire
cooperation
and
creative
solutions.
Inbuildingyourstudentcity,youwillunderstandmoreaboutyour
community,peoplesneeds,andhowtoresolverealchallenges!Youwilluse
mathematicstomodelyourcityandproposesolutionstoproblems.Attheendofour
journey,youwillpresentyourmodelcitytofriendsandfamilymembers.

Youwillshowevidenceofyourlearningthroughthefollowing:

1. Creationofabuildingthatservesasacommunityresource.Thearchitectureof
thisbuildingwillalignwiththefunctionthatitserves.
2. Wholeclasscreationofanidealcommunitywithjustificationforplacementof
eachresource.
3. StudentCityPortfoliowithalllearningactivitiescompletedwithahighdegreeof
quality.

Throughoutthisproject,wewillbeexploring
coordinatesystems
and
volume
of
rectangularprisms.Wewillbelookingathowmathcanbeusedtoidentifyandsolve
problemsinoureverydaylives.Inorderforustodothis,wewillneedtocollect
recyclablematerialsfromwhichtobuildourcities.Youwilldomostofthebuildingat
home,butwillbegivensometimetoworkduringclass.Pleasebegincollecting
materialsthatyoumightusetoconstructyourbuilding.YoudoNOTneedtobuyany
extramaterials.Becauseweareacommunity,wewillassistoneanotherinobtaining
anymaterialsasnecessary.

Okay,urbanplanners!Letsgetstarted!

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Congratulations!Youarepartofateamofpeopleinchargewithdesigninga
communitythatishealthy,happy,andsustainable.Thiswillbechallengingandrequire
everyonetoworktogethertomakesuretheneedsanddesiresofthecommunityare
beingmet.

Whatsortsof
resources
willweneedtoensurethatourcommunityiseverythingwe
wantittobe?Thinkofsomeresourcesthatyouandyourfamilyuseinthe
neighborhoodandinthecity.Forexample,thinkaboutwherepeoplelive,wherethey
shop,andhowtheytakecareofthemselves.Thinkofsomeresourcesthatyouwish
youorothershadaccessto.Forexample,wouldyoulikemorelibraries?Askate
park?Whatkindsofjobsandeducationshouldpeoplehaveaccessto?

Comeupwithalistofresourcesahealthycommunityshouldhave.

Resources
Description/Notes

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Name:

IndependentWork

1) Labeleachpartofthecoordinategridusingthewordsfromthewordbank.
2) Fillinthemissingnumbersalongeachaxis.
3) Writethecoordinatepairsfortheobjects.

Theislocatedat(_______,_______)

Theislocatedat(________,_______)

Theislocatedat(________,_______)

4)Writethefirstletterofyournameat(0,2.5)

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