Team Six Podcast Script

Jennifer: Today the students will be able to solve an addition problem

using assigned number values and round the sum to the
nearest 10. The activity that we are going to do today is were
going to divide the class into groups of five and have them sit
at tables by table number. Were going to walk around to each
group and allow them to pull a word that has to do with the
winter theme out of a hat. Were going distribute the hundreds
charts and the skip counting charts, that go from zero to one
hundred, as well as hand out a key that matches their letters.
Each group is going to have about ten minutes, and you will be
timed with an egg timer, to work together and look at your
letters and your keys to determine what values are associated
with your letters. Youre going to add the values, find the sum,
and youre going to come up, as a group, when called to the
Activeboard and demonstrate what youve learned and how to
show the class the way that you came about getting your
answer. After that, were going to break back up and go back
to your individual desks and you will be given a worksheet that
is similar to the activity you did in your group and I will collect
the worksheet when youre finished. When youre finished, you
may return to your seat, take out your reading book, and begin
to read until the class is dismissed.
Kelly: Directions and objective of our lesson will be read out loud for
the auditory learners and also written on the board for the visual
learners. An example of the lesson will be shown in the beginning
of the class by the teacher to help accommodate for the visual
learners. Students will also be given a sheet of paper with grid
lines on it to help keep numbers in place when adding. Students
will be placed in groups to work together on the assignment and
have the opportunity to show their work on the board, giving the
students a chance to explain out loud, and on the board, what
they learned.
Taylor: We created an activity where students find out how much a
word is worth. Students are placed into small groups and
choose a winter-related word out of a hat. These words should
about six to eight letters long. Once each group has a word,
they will receive a code. The code is as follows: letters A-E are
worth one, letters F-J are worth two, letters K-O are worth 3,
letters P-T are worth four, and letters U-Z are worth 5. Using
this code, groups will assign numbers to each letter in their
word. Once each letter is assigned a number, students will add
them up to find the sum. Once the sum is found, students will

either round up to the nearest ten or down to the nearest ten.

Each group will have an opportunity to come up to the
interactive whiteboard and show the class their word and how
they got their rounded number.