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Students collaborate with partners to analyze information about a list of superheroes, categorizing and adding superpowers and determining how many heroes have similar powers. Students build and calculate quantities with the help of manipulatives.
Story:In our Read Aloud, Powerless, Daniel discovered that there has been a history of Supers in Noble's Green. Wanting to find out more about
the Supers, Daniel is able to convince Eric to tell him more about the powers of past Supers. Daniel recorded the information he found in the tables below:
Invincibility- 39; strength- 23; super stink- 11; super senses- 8; super smarts- 35; ice powers- 22, electricity power-19,
invisibility- 12, mind reading- 31; walk through objects- 5; super swimmer- 24; flight- 17
Using Daniel's data, what can you determine about the history of the Supers of Noble's Green? How many Supers had a power related to
their senses? How many Supers have had a power related to movement? What other discoveries can you make based on Daniel's data?
Be sure to record your findings in drawings, words and equations!
Inspired by Powerless by Matthew Cody; Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009
Inspired by Windblowne by Stephen Messer; Random House Books for Young Readers, 2010