Tool #7

After visiting the resources above, design a collaborative project with another classroom.

After looking at Class2Class Math Projects, I looked at Poetry Patterns which I didn't love.  I thought it was too formulatic for my liking.  I prefer to give kids less boundary when it comes to poetry.  Then I looked at Spinning Around which is not a working site.  Finally, I looked at Marvelous M&M Survey.  This one worked for me:

What is a brief description of the plan, and what is the content objective? We will work with probability on several levels.  First, as a team, we will survey each child's data (how many of each color) in his or her bag of M&Ms, then move to table surveys, then classroom.  Finally, we will compare and contrast our findings among our third grade classrooms.  Our objective will be probability vocabulary such as:  More likely, less likely, certainly, mean, median, mode, range, and data.

When do  I plan to  implement?  We hit probability in the springtime, so that is when I'll do this.

What tools do I need?  M & M's and graph paper, and markers

I think this will be something fun.