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 * EDUC 325 Lesson Plan-Susan Flaherty **
 * April 19, 2011 || Math || 4th || Fractions, Decimals, and Percents ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Subject/Course ** || ** Grade level ** || ** Topic for this lesson ** ||

Students will create "pizza models" of the problems. Students will do this assignment in partners or groups of three (up to them). ||  || // Motivation // || We will go over the worksheet from the last lesson on the promethean board. Students can ask questions that they may have. We will lead into the next lesson with pizza! “Today we are working with pizza!—Who likes pizza?” "We aren't going to be eating pizza, but we will be working with pizza models." -Pizza Models are the circles at the end of the worksheet. Students are required to draw what the pizza would look like if they cut it into the fractioned slices for that problem. || 10-15 min || The pizza is divided in half, and half of the pizza is shaded to represent 50% of the circle. Students can ask questions they may have. || 5 min || Teacher will walk around and lend assistance and answer any questions the students may have. *Make sure students are reducing the fractions to the simplest fraction. (1/2 vs 2/4) *Also make sure students are splitting the pizza models evenly (one slice isn't three times as big as the other slices). || 20 min || Students can come up the board and write down their answers (one student at a time). *Make sure to ask students if they got the correct answer or if anybody got a different answer. *Also make sure to call on students who don't necessarily raise their hands to come up to the promethean board. || 10 min || ** Assessment ** || Students will correct their own worksheets and turn it in at the end of the lesson. Each box is worth 1pt. Most students should receive 100% if they corrected their answers. (If they fail to correct their answers andwrite the correct answers from class, deduct 1/2 a point from that problem). ||  ||
 * ** Objectives ** || Students will complete a worksheet on fractions, decimals and percents.
 * ** Prerequisite Knowledge ** || Converting fractions to decimals and percents. ||  ||
 * ** Materials ** || Worksheet, pencil, promethean board. ||  ||
 * ** Reminders ** ||  || Time estimate ||
 * Ø // Introduction/ //
 * Ø // Presentation // || We will do a sample problem on the board: 1/2 = 0.50 = 50% and a pizza model.
 * Ø // Exploration // || Students will get a partner or 2 and complete the worksheet.
 * Ø // Closure // || We will get together as a class and go over the worksheet.
 * ** Evaluation/ **
 * ** Homework ** || Pizza Worksheet (5 problems) ||  ||