Math Project- Create your own vacation
City Teacher Goes Country
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Grade Levels
3rd - 6th, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS3.NBT.A.1
CCSS3.NBT.A.2
CCSS3.OA.A.1
CCSS3.OA.C.7
CCSS3.OA.D.8
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
9 pages
City Teacher Goes Country
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Description
This math project has the students plan a vacation for their family or friends. They budget gas, food, entertainment, etc.
* You do need to plan ahead and collect restaurant "to go" menus, maps, and travel brochures. (Teacher directions are given with the lesson along with a rubric).
I used with my 3rd grade gifted and talented students. Other years I used it for a long term fast finisher project. Great for an end of the year activity...plan a vacation.
It covers: map skills, mileage, estimation, rounding, addition, calculator skills, and much much more with "real life" elements. Higher level and critical thinking skills are needed.
Students use a map to choose a destination. Estimate the cost of the trip, find how much they will spend on hotels, food, gas, entertainment, etc. Internet use is needed.
Depending on how you use it in your classroom it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, it is up to you on the duration of time. I also used it with other (non- GT) students and omitted a few of the sections that may have been too difficult for them. But ALL had a great time and were excited about this activity.
Each year my students thought this was one of their favorite activities because it was so "real life".
***This is posted 2x in my store due to difficulty searching for it and cue words. *** It is also listed as "Plan Your Own Summer Vacation" which uses the word "Summer". That project uses the words "summer vacation" to make it more seasonal if you are interested in a more summer theme.
If not, THIS project only uses the word vacation to make it more general. If you are interested in the "summer one" click here.
If you like this lesson make sure you check out:
Create Your Own School Carnival or
Create Your Own Dream Home
Be sure to leave feedback to earn more TPT credits and become a follower to get sales information.
Visit my blog: City Teacher Goes Country for freebies and ideas. Or my Pinterest boards.
* You do need to plan ahead and collect restaurant "to go" menus, maps, and travel brochures. (Teacher directions are given with the lesson along with a rubric).
I used with my 3rd grade gifted and talented students. Other years I used it for a long term fast finisher project. Great for an end of the year activity...plan a vacation.
It covers: map skills, mileage, estimation, rounding, addition, calculator skills, and much much more with "real life" elements. Higher level and critical thinking skills are needed.
Students use a map to choose a destination. Estimate the cost of the trip, find how much they will spend on hotels, food, gas, entertainment, etc. Internet use is needed.
Depending on how you use it in your classroom it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, it is up to you on the duration of time. I also used it with other (non- GT) students and omitted a few of the sections that may have been too difficult for them. But ALL had a great time and were excited about this activity.
Each year my students thought this was one of their favorite activities because it was so "real life".
***This is posted 2x in my store due to difficulty searching for it and cue words. *** It is also listed as "Plan Your Own Summer Vacation" which uses the word "Summer". That project uses the words "summer vacation" to make it more seasonal if you are interested in a more summer theme.
If not, THIS project only uses the word vacation to make it more general. If you are interested in the "summer one" click here.
If you like this lesson make sure you check out:
Create Your Own School Carnival or
Create Your Own Dream Home
Be sure to leave feedback to earn more TPT credits and become a follower to get sales information.
Visit my blog: City Teacher Goes Country for freebies and ideas. Or my Pinterest boards.
Total Pages
9 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS3.NBT.A.1
Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
CCSS3.NBT.A.2
Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
CCSS3.OA.A.1
Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.
CCSS3.OA.C.7
Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
CCSS3.OA.D.8
Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
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