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Ms.

Jelizabeth Francisco
Topic: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
Grade: 6
Objective: Students will be able to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range from a given set of data
CCSS: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context,
such as by:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5.A Reporting the number of observations.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5.B Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it
was measured and its units of measurement.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5.C Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and
variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and
any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered
Materials: Bag of skittles and a worksheet with a table
Procedures:
1. Introduce and explain the terms mean, median, mode, and range.
2. Model and teach how to find each
3. Break class into groups and through discovery do an activity with a bag of candy where the students will
estimate the number of pieces of candy for each color.
4. The students will collect the data from their group and record it on a table.
5. The students will use the data from the table and find the mean, median, mode, and range.
6. We will discuss the results and findings of each group.
7. For guided practice, I will assign each group a question that involves a set of data and they will record it
and find the mean, median, mode, and range.
8. The students will complete a performance task.
Closure/Homework: Ask the students to reiterate what are a mean, median, mode, and range and how to find
it. Students will finish their performance task for homework.
Assessment: Self-assessment and Performance Task
1. Self-Assessment: Students will do the guided practice and they will partner check their answers using a
rubric. They will then share their question, data, and results with the class.
Each group will answer one assigned question
Possible questions:
How many pets do you have?
How many siblings?
How many states have you been to?
Then, they will record the data and find the mean, median, mode, and range on their own.
They will then partner check their answers. One from each group will share their answers in front to
the rest of the class.
Rubric for Self-Assessment:

Categories

Novice

Apprentice/Practitione
r

Practitioner/Exper
t

Content
Understanding

No understanding
of how to estimate
a mean, median,
mode, or range
No understanding
of how to get
started. Do not
know how to
arrange it.
All results are
incorrect

Partially understand how


to estimate a mean,
median, mode, or range.

I understand how to
estimate a mean,
median, mode, or
range.
Student recorded the
data correctly and
rearranged it from
least to greatest.

Strategies
Procedures/
Reasoning

Accuracy

Communicatio
n

Table is complete and


neatly labeled, but got
stuck on the nest step.

There is some
mathematical errors in
the estimation
Partially can explain
what it means but do not
understand some terms.

Cant explain it

The results are


correct
Can explain what
each term means

2. Performance Task: Students will be given a performance task worksheet. They will complete it during
class-time and for homework if not done. Performance task is on the following page.
Rubric for Performance Task: Each question is worth 2.5 points each. Highest score is 10
For
Each
Question
1

Categories

Half Credit

Full
credit

Accuracy

Gives
correct
answer

Some mathematical
errors

Wrong
answer

Evidence

Shows partial work

No work

.5

Understanding

Shows all
work
Explains how
they got the
answer

Explains some steps


on how they got the
answer

No
explanation

.5

Total

Possibl
e
Points
1

2.5

Performance Task: The Lifespan of an Umbrella


This problem gives you the chance to:
Use measures of center and understand what each indicates about a data set.
Umbrellas dont seem to last long. They blow inside out in the wind and the metal spokes break. Sometimes
the material rips and often they just get lost. Megans family each bought a new umbrella.
This table shows how many months each umbrella lasted.
Name
Months

Megan
12

Carl
15

Mom
30

Dad
19

Grammy
26

Grandpa
6

Jill
12

Fred
23

1. What is the median of this set of data? ___________ months


Show how you figured it out.
2. What is the mode of the life spans of these umbrellas? _________ months
Explain how you know.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the range of the life spans of these umbrellas? __________ months
4. Megan read this statement on an internet site of random facts.
The mean lifespan of an umbrella is about 23 months.
She said that the mean lifespan of her familys umbrellas was greater than this.
Was she correct? ___________. Show how you figured this out.

Jo
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Grade Five: The Lifespan of an Umbrella


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