Fixed vs Growth Mindset
Curriculum
Units
Indirect/Direct Comparison vs Measurement
Word Problems
100
A staff member's mother once told her "well you were always stupid in Math"
What is fixed mindset and very hurtful.
100
In what grade are students first introduced to the concept of capacity?
What is kindergarten..... SAY WHAT!?!
100
1.32 m + 4 m + 221 cm = ????
What is 753 cm or 7m and 53 cm or 7.53m ?
100
Mr Crosby wants to buy a new TV stand to watch the Jays games but he wants it to fit under his window. The window is shoulder height for him so when he goes to Leons he has to make sure the stand and the TV are going to be shorter than his should height.
What is direct comparison?
100
Andrew was making 22L of lemonade to share with his class. Shepherd drank 4500mL, Duncan drank 1.5L and Charlotte drank 7000mL. How much does Andrew have left?
What is 9L
200
I think the things we are learning at the PLN are completely USELESS!
What is a fixed mindset.... how rude!
200
This is the grade where students are first exposed to the concept of temperature change.
What is Grade 5.
200
The number of grams for half a kg?
What is 500 g?
200
Katelyn and Melanie are trying to measure the length of all the beards at St Basil's. They use a piece of string to find the longest.
What is indirect comparison!
200
Mr Meloche ran a half-marathon this weekend. He ran 21.1km. This is how many metres he ran.
What is 21 100 metres.
300
The things in this PLN still have me puzzled a bit but I'm willing to try one new thing.
What is a growth mindset... Thank you!
300
The grade when students are first exposed to elapsed time.
What is grade 4.
300
The number of milligrams in 7 kilograms.
What is 7,000,000 milligrams?
300
M Gingras and Ms Hubert are arguing over who has the most wine in their drinks. Rachelle thinks Natalie has more. After putting their same sizes glasses side by side both ladies agree that Rachelle has more.
What is direct comparison.
300
A bag of potato chips has 400mg of sodium per serving. This is how many grams of sodium it has.
What is 0.4 grams?
400
I can't do Math, you can't make me!
What is a fixed mindset.
400
The grade where students are exposed to area.
What is Kindergarten.
400
Hayden is 1m tall, how many mm tall is he?
What is 1000 mm?
400
Monique has decided to put a pool in playground. She needs to calculate the capacity of the pool to know how much water needs to be brought to fill it up.
What is indirect measure. (using the formula)
400
Corey is training to run a 10km race. This is how many meters he will run.
What is 10,000 meters?
500
I was skeptical at first when I heard there was a PLN on a friday afternoon of a PD day and I had to be in Hanover but I'm walking away with some cool new knowledge.
What is growth mindset.... you're welcome!
500
The grade in which students are first exposed to passage of time (not elapsed time).
What is Kindergarten.
500
The perimeter of the fence at St Basil's is 1.5 km long, how many cm is this?
What is 150 000 cm?
500
Mel is trying to figure out if her new king size bed will fit in her bedroom. At the store she measured the bed using bottles of her favourite wine. She is now going to use those same bottles of wine to measure the space at home.
What is indirect comparison and direct measure.
500
The perimeter of a fence is 1,629 cm. This is the number of metres around the perimeter.
What is 16.29m?