Is This Fair?

This unit is designed for a self-contained third grade classroom that is following the School District of Philadelphia’s Core Curriculum with Everyday Mathematics. The unit is intended to reinforce the Pennsylvania state mathematics probability and prediction standards already covered in Kindergarten through second grade and provide the students with a more solid base of understanding for the standards that will be covered in third grade and beyond.

Probability is not covered in detail in the third grade Everyday Mathematics curiculum until the end of the year. It touches on probability concepts here and there throughout the year one lesson at a time. As a result the students have a difficult time connecting the different probability concepts they are taught. The students also have a difficult time connecting the idea of probability to their own lives. This unit will cover probability concepts once a week for six to eight weeks. This will give the students time to master and connect the different probability concepts and skills taught to them previously and also help them to master the probability concepts and skills that will be taught to them in the future.

The goal is that at the end of the unit the studneys will be able to design a fair game of their own to demonstrate their knowledge of probabilty.