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Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Math Focused Movie Guide
Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Math Focused Movie Guide
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This Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Math Focused Movie Guide challenges to practice calculating percentages, understanding ratios, solving for time and speed, and working with fractions. Problems include figuring out the percentage difference between Percy’s breath-holding ability and a regular person’s, calculating how far Percy’s group must travel between locations, and determining how much time Percy has to meet his deadline.
These activities will help reinforce the following math skills and standards:
- 6.RP.A.3: Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems
- 6.NS.A.1: Interpret and compute quotients of fractions
- 6.NS.B.3: Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals
- 7.RP.A.2: Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities
- 7.RP.A.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems
- 7.NS.A.3: Solve real-world problems involving the four operations with fractions
This resource is great for:
- Substitute Emergency Lesson Plans
- After Testing Activity
- Reward Lessons
- End of School Year Parties
This resource is meant to supplement the viewing of this movie, see the IMDb listing here.
Check the thumbnails for sample questions to see if this math focused movie guide is suitable for your students. This resource consists of 10 math related questions and 2 optional long format questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.
This product .zip file includes:
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- An Answer Key w/ CCSS Alignment (4 Pages)
- A Student Movie Guide (4 Pages)
- A DIFFERENTIATED Student Movie Guide (4 Pages)
- Includes hints and formulas necessary to solve the problem
- 2 PDFs with link to both student Google Slide versions (2 Pages)
- CCSS alignment, Admin Movie Request and Permission Slip (2 Pages)
Tips for using this Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Math Focused Movie Guide in your classroom:
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- Print one, double-sided movie guide for each student
- Preview the next question on the movie guide as you complete each one, this can help students pay attention to important upcoming events.
- If students work together, discourage students from simply copying answers.
- Randomly choose a student to share their answer and defend it if necessary.
- Optionally, after completing the math questions, allow 5-10 minutes for each ELA question at the end of the film.
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