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The teacher will have the
students placed in groups of two or three. |
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The teacher says,
"Let’s investigate how many water drops fit on a penny
before it overflows." |
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The teacher calls on a student and
asks: "_____________(name of student) How
many drops do you think will fit on a penny?" |
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The student responds with a number. |
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The teacher writes the name of the
student next to his/her prediction. |
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The teacher continues asking the other
students for their prediction and writes the number next to the name
of the student. |
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The teacher says to the students
"Class, we are going to work in groups." |
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The teacher will instruct the groups
to take the eyedropper and begin to count the water drops onto to
the penny. The teacher suggests that that each student puts three
drops of water and gives the eyedropper to another student. |
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The teacher will walk around the room
to make sure that the students are counting in Spanish. |
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The teacher will ask a student,
"_____________(name of student) How many drops
are there on your penny?" |
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When everyone has finished write the
actual number of water drops next to the prediction. |
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To end the activity the teacher counts
from 0-10 and the students repeat. |
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The teacher compares the predictions
with the actual number of water drops and comments who was correct.
The teacher uses expressions such as "Excellent, Very Good,
Good". |