Math Journal Writing Prompts

District 6

Math Journal Writing Prompts

Grade _4_Quarter _3_

Revised __9/ 7/06__

Standards / Test Item
Frequency / Prompt / Problem Solving Strategies/Additional Resources
NS 1.4 / 3 / Hanes is making T-shirts for every student in the following schools:
Woodlawn – 2,313
Fishburn - 1,892
Liberty - 1,928
Estimate how many T-shirts the factory would need to manufacture.
Justify your answer. / Use Logical Reasoning
AF 1.5 / 5 / Ms. Lee starts each month with ten marbles in the jar. Each day her class has perfect attendance, she puts in three more marbles. How many days of perfect attendance would it take to get over 50 marbles in the jar? Write an equation and explain how you arrived at the result. / Write an Equation
Make a Table or a Graph
AF 1.5 /

The class was given an equation y = 2x + 4 and the following table.

x

y

1

6

2

Melissa said there was an error in the table. What is the error? Explain how she knew that there was an error. What would be the value of y when x is 7?

MG 2.2 / 5 /

Melissa and Felipe and walking home from school which is located at (3,9) on the grid. Melissa’s house is at (3,2) on the grid and Felipe’s house is at (8,9) on the grid. If each unit on the grid is one block, who walked more blocks home? Explain how you arrived at your answer.

Bonus: What would Melissa’s and Felipe’s home location point have to be in order for them to travel the same distance to school? Note: They can have the exact same point on the grid.

/ Make a model
MG 2.1 / 4 / CR /

The fourth grade students made a graph to show that they need to order one pizza for every four students for their class party. There are 28 students in the class.

1) Make a table to show the x and y values for the correct equation that matches the graph. Explain why you chose this equation.
2) Plot your points on the graph below:

3) Write an equation that matches the graph. / Make a table or graph
Write an equation

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