Coin Counter

One of our sixth graders recently got a coin counting jar and made this three act math task for you to solve! This task was inspired by the work of Graham Fletcher and his three act math tasks.

Act 1

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Act 2: The total amount of money in the jar was $2.00

Number of coins used

Types of coins  used

Act 3

Actual coins used! 

The Dip

Counting Back from 20

The explorers have been working on counting backward from 20.  Here is one of their favorite songs!

Tub Fillers: 3 Act Math

Act 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

How long will it take to fill the tub?

Act 2

Act 3

5 Little Pumpkins

The math explorers have been working on ordinal numbers with the 5 little pumpkins song!

3 Act Math :Halloween Cubes

ACT 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?





How many cubes in the big cup?  What is an estimate you know is to low?  What is an estimate you know is to high?

ACT 2

ACT 3 

We Love to Count

The math explorers start each class with some counting songs.  Here is one of our favorites!