Where Would You Shop?

Grade: 6
Subject: Math and Social Studies
Strand: Patterns and Relations
Learning Outcomes:
6.PR.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within tables of values to solve
problems.
6.PR.2 Represent and describe patterns and relationships using graphs and tables.
6-KG-047 Give examples of Canada’s connections to other regions of the world. Examples:
environmental, social, political, economic...
Assessment:
Formative Assessment: Observe how the students are collecting their information and how they
are going about finding the cost in reference to Canadian dollars. If students are struggling at any
one of the stages of this project, stop the students and explain the directions again. The students
end answer will demonstrate whether or not they were able to complete the pattern of currency.
Instructional Strategy
Activate: Have each student identify and claim a country that they believe Canada should trade
with. Once they have decided on a country, have them mark it down on a piece of paper so no
two people select the same country. Students will have to research their country to find what type
of currency is used there.
Acquire: As a class, create a chart to display currency rates. For example:
Canada $1.00 Currency
United States of America Dollar $0.79
Euro $0.66
Barbadian Dollar $1.58
Chinese Yuan $5.22
Dominican Peso $37.94

Apply: Decide on an item that students would be interested in purchasing. Have each student
research and find where they could buy that item in their chosen country. Have the student show
you using either a graph, table, or equation how much that item would cost in Canadian dollars.
Once they have shown the teacher their answer and the teacher has agreed it is correct, have the
students present the data in a visually appealing way as they will be posted for their classmates to
see. Once everyone is done, have the students look at each other’s work to decide where they
would buy the item from.
Differentiation of Instruction:
Visual learners will be better able to understand how much the item costs if they organize the
information into either a chart or a graph. The mathematical learners will have the option to
develop an equation that they think represents the patterning rule.
Connections:
This lesson relates to economics and how different countries interact with one another. We could
take this lesson further by having the students find out what the main export is from each country
and why they have the monopoly over it.
This lesson includes bringing technology into the classroom which is of growing importance in
today’s society. It reminds students of the many beneficial things technology can do for a
classroom as well as how to use it appropriately while at school.
References:
Kindergarten to Grade 8 Mathematics: Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes 2013

By: Megan Treloar