3- Act Tasks
3- Act Tasks
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Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr describe the three "acts" of a 3-Act Task as:
1- Spark Curiosity
2- Fuel Sense-Making
3- Ignite Deep Thinking
Mrs. Beattie loves to use a 3-Act Math Task in the classroom! Below, you will see a little more about how she describes the purpose of 3-Act Math Tasks and how she uses/plans for them in her classroom. The link to her website is to the left and it is full of wonderful resources and will elaborate more on this idea!
ACT ONE:
Share a short video or photo with limited information.
Students record what they NOTICE and what they WONDER.
Limited information will help to spark their curiosity and drive their collaboration.
Allow students to share the best "wonder" that they have.
After sharing my question for the task, students predict an amount too low, an amount too high, and their best prediction.
ACT TWO:
Students consider questions they need answers to and what other information they need to find the solution to the original problem.
Teacher shares additional information to get them started.
Students work collaboratively on whiteboards to solve the problem and their thought process.
Teacher is walking around to see which strategies to use in ACT THREE.
ACT THREE:
Whole group discussion sharing the strategies of the selected students.
Showcase the efficiency of the strategies.
Great time to "introduce" more formal vocabulary for the strategies.
Ready-to-go 3-ACt Tasks
Ready-to-go 3-ACt Tasks
*CLick on each of the topics to go directly to each website*
Graham Fletcher: 3 Act Lessons
Tap into Teen Minds: 3 Act Math
When Math Happens: 3 Act Math
Robert Kaplinsky Lessons
Dan Myer: 3 Act Tasks
Click on each handout name for a digital version of the 3-Act Task Handouts for students.
AMSTI 3 ACT TASK (Estimate, Show Thinking, Answer) Student Handout
Where did all of this information come from???
Check out the list below to blogs, resources, and other information that was used to compile this page.
Mrs. Beattie's Classroom
Make Math Moments
Graham Fletcher is a math specialist and has served as a classroom teacher and math instructional lead. He developed gfletchy.com to support teachers and students develop conceptual understanding through engaging tasks.
Dan Myer is a former math teacher with a doctorate from Stanford University in math education and is currently the Chief Academic Officer at desmos.com. He is well-known for his 3-Act Tasks and what they bring to the educational world.
Robert Kaplinsky has been an educator since 2003 as a classroom teacher, teacher specialist, instructor at the UCLA. He has presented at conferences around the world.
Kyle Pearce has been in education since 2006 and currently teaches, consults, and coaches from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. He specializes in creating rich math tasks that are contextual, concrete, and visual.
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