As part of 4th grade's study of converting decimals to percents and to fractions, we took a look at some real statistics from both the United States and the world. Using the book "If America Were a Village," we looked at what the make-up of the country would be if there were only 100 people. For example, if America were a village of 100 people, 82 people would speak English as their first language, 10 would speak Spanish, I speaks Chinese, 1 French and 1 German. We then compared the US stats to the world stats (for example, 22 people speak a Chinese dialect, 9 speak English, 8 speak Hindi, 7 speak Spanish, 4 speak Arabic, 4 speak Bengali, 3 speak Portuguese, 3 speak Russian, and 2 speak one of over 5000 other languages.) The kids worked with a partner to fill in charts with the fractions, percents, and decimals for their category. Those categories ranged from world religions, world wealth, ages, nationalities, and more. Each partnership then had the opportunity to share their findings and teach the class about our global village. See evidence of kids working together below or find more pictures on the photos page of the website.
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May 2018
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