Objective: Students will be able to create a graph after converting fractions, decimals and percents.
Problem Centered: The lesson should start with the teacher presenting the following problem to the students- "I have a bag of 25 Skittles. 5 of them are red. What percent of my Skittles are red?"
Activation: Using the Padlet website, students will post their answers. Discuss them as a class, and most importantly, ask students to explain HOW they arrived at their answer!
Demonstration: This lesson will come after students already have an idea how to convert non-100 fractions (ie., not fractions with a denominator of 100) into percentages. This is more of a review lesson. Review how to change two non-100 fractions into percentages using hundredths grids.
Application: Students will each get a bag of skittles and sort them into colors. They will then find what percent of the whole amount of Skittles each color represents, using grids. They'll write each amount of skittles as a fraction, decimal and percent, as well as create a model on the grid. Then, they'll create a pie graph of the amount of Skittles in each bag!
Integration: Students should come back, share what they have learned, and complete an exit ticket demonstrating their mastery of the topic.
Here's a blog post containing all of the necessary downloads, as well as more teaching tips for this topic!
Objective: Students will be able to create a graph after converting fractions, decimals and percents.
Problem Centered: The lesson should start with the teacher presenting the following problem to the students- "I have a bag of 25 Skittles. 5 of them are red. What percent of my Skittles are red?"
Activation: Using the Padlet website, students will post their answers. Discuss them as a class, and most importantly, ask students to explain HOW they arrived at their answer!
Demonstration: This lesson will come after students already have an idea how to convert non-100 fractions (ie., not fractions with a denominator of 100) into percentages. This is more of a review lesson. Review how to change two non-100 fractions into percentages using hundredths grids.
Application: Students will each get a bag of skittles and sort them into colors. They will then find what percent of the whole amount of Skittles each color represents, using grids.
They'll write each amount of skittles as a fraction, decimal and percent, as well as create a model on the grid. Then, they'll create a pie graph of the amount of Skittles in each bag!
Integration: Students should come back, share what they have learned, and complete an exit ticket demonstrating their mastery of the topic.
Here's a blog post containing all of the necessary downloads, as well as more teaching tips for this topic!