1. Introduction Tasks Resources Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher

2. You will be creating a FRACTIONS NEWSLETTER which will be published and distributed to students and staff at the school. It will be available to everyone at the end of the term.

3. Putting the sections together and publishing a newsletter allows you to be creative and will give you the opportunity of exploring fractions in a different way. There will be 6 people in each group to produce their newsletter. Each group will produce their own newsletter.

4. Roles: The Publisher uses Word or Publisher to put all the information together. The Historian creates a History article. The Find-A-Word & Jokes Creator creates a Find A Word and a Jokes section. The Cartoons & Crossword Creator to find Cartoons, and creates a Crossword. The Chef to find 6 Recipes. The Fact Finder & Puzzles Creator to find 10 Interesting Facts, and creates a Puzzles section. Tasks continued

5. PUBLISHER 1 person uses Word or Publisher to put all the information together.  The other members of your group will give you their information on a USB stick. It is your job to put the information into either Word or Publisher and produce a great newsletter.  You can come up with a catchy name for your newsletter.  You will have an extra 3 nights to complete the newsletter.

6. FIND-A-WORD AND JOKES CREATOR 1 person creates a Find A Word and a Jokes section. You will also create a Solutions section for your Find A Word and Jokes.  For the Find A Word use the words from your chapter on fractions. Use the find a word generator below: http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php  For the Jokes section find or make up 5 jokes using fractions. Use these sites: http://www.kidsjokes.co.uk/jokes/fairy_tale/royal_jokes.html http://www.jokesbykids.com/math/index.php?page=20

7. CHEF You are to find 6 Recipes.  You will find 2 recipes for entrée, 2 for mains and 2 for dessert.  Each recipe must use some fractions, and have a picture to show the finished dish.  Sources must be included. Here are some sites to use: www.taste.com.au www.bestrecipes.com.au

8. CARTOON AND CROSSWORD CREATOR You are to find 2 Cartoons, and create a Crossword. You will also create a Solutions section for your crossword.  You can use the sites below to find 2 Cartoons using fractions or create your own. http://www.bridgeportmath.org/mathcartoons.html http://www.andertoons.com/search-cartoons/fractions/  The Crossword must use maths questions using fractions. e.g. Or Tom ate of 2 pies. What fraction did he eat altogether?

9. HISTORIAN You are to create a History article based on fractions. Use the site below. www.basic-mathematics.com/history-of-fractions.html

10. FACT FINDER You are to find 10 Interesting Facts using fractions, and create a Puzzles section using fractions.  Use the sites below to find your 10 Interesting Facts. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts.html http://www.funology.com/thats_odd/  You are to find 5 puzzles that use fractions. Use the site below. nrich.maths.org

11. 4321 GROUP SKILLS All members helped to produce the newsletter. Most members helped to produce the newsletter Some members helped to produce the newsletter Group members had difficulty working together PUBLISHER Excellent layout of newsletter with great visual appeal Great layout of articles. Visual appeal satisfactory Fair layout of articles newsletter articles poorly set out. HISTORIAN Well written article with no punctuation or spelling errors Well written article with some punctuation or spelling errors Article written satisfactorily with few punctuation or spelling errors Article poorly written. CHEF 6 Recipes with pictures/sou rces showing use of fractions 6 Recipes with some pictures/sourc es showing use of fractions Less than 6 recipes with pictures/sour ces showing use of fractions Less than 6 recipes with some pictures/sources showing use of fractions

12. 4321 FACT FINDER AND PUZZLE CREATOR 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with sources 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with some sources Less than 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with some sources Less than 10 interesting facts about fractions and some puzzles using fractions with no sources CARTOONS & PUZZLES CREATOR Cartoons with all sources. Crossword using fractions with solution. No errors. Cartoons with some sources. Crossword using fractions with solution. Some errors. Cartoons with no sources. Crossword using fractions no solution. Some errors. No cartoons and/or no crossword. FIND-A- WORD & JOKES CREATOR Find-a-Word using fractions. Correct solution. Great jokes using fractions. Answers and sources given. Find-a-Word using fractions. Some errors in solution. Great jokes using fractions. Some answers and sources given. Find-a-word not using fractions. Correct solution. Some jokes using fractions Find-a-word and jokes not using fractions.

13.  Well done!! Your group has now produced a newsletter.  You have also found out more about fractions through the history article, jokes, puzzles and interesting facts sections.

14.  From the NSW mathematics Years 7 – 10 Syllabus:  Working mathematically p 45. Students are using questioning, applying strategies, communicating, reasoning and reflecting when researching, writing and discussing their articles.  General syllabus reference is p59 – 63 of Number - fractions section.