Clowning around
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A lesson plan for Grades K–2 Mathematics
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- Appropriate grades
- K–2
- Provider
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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In this lesson, part of a set of four related Illuminations lessons on combinations, students are encouraged to discover all the combinations. Students determine the number of clown faces that can be made with two mouth possibilities and four colored-hat possibilities. This activity strengthens the students' problem-solving skills (including elimination and collection of organized data) and their ability to draw conclusions. The use of higher-level thinking skills (synthesis, analysis, and evaluations) is the overall goal.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, describe and display data using line plots and tallies.
- Objective 4.02: Describe events as certain, impossible, more likely or less likely to occur.
Grade 2
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, describe and display data using Venn diagrams (three sets) and pictographs where symbols represent multiple units (2's, 5's, 10's).
- Objective 4.02: Conduct simple probability experiments; describe the results and make predictions.
Kindergarten
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will collect, organize and display data.
- Objective 4.01: Collect and organize data as a group activity.
- Objective 4.02: Display and describe data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.
