Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.
Check progress of project on two assigned dates. Test on unit.
Objective: To enable students to make the connection between mathematics and everyday applications. To enhance student's ability to plan a learning project. To enhance ability to find resource material. To refine skills.
Activity: Students hand in project plans including description of project, outline of progress, and 8" x 10" sketch of pattern. Teacher checks plans making revisions as necessary. Students continue review of unit material using worksheets, games, writing activities.
