We started off the unit with a visit from Mrs. Wight. She explained the history of selling the raiders T-shirts at our school and spoke about the responsibilities of collecting and counting the orders and the money. Mrs. Wight challenged the 3rd graders to check her work on this years T-shirt orders, while also thinking about more effecient ways to get the final T-shrit total.
The students then took a field trip to JC Images to learn more about the process of printing the T-Shirts. The students noticed that there is a great deal of math that goes into printing the T-shirts and organizing the orders.
After our field trip the students organized their own T-shirt factories coming up with company names and strategies for counting the raiders T-shirts. The students worked over two weeks counting the orders and money. The students shared their final results and collectively discussed the grand total.
On our final day of the project the students wrote letters to Mrs. Wight explaining their strategies for counting the T-shirt orders and what they learned from the experience. Overall the students felt that Mrs. Wight has BIG job being in charge of the selling the Raiders T-shirts and agreed that every year the 3rd graders should partner up with her to check her work!
