![]() All kids had to make one whole pizza to show toppings per the order from. This way it’s just like when an order comes into the restaurant and you have to make what pizza the customers request. I created my own that was a preset order that the kids needed to fill out.Pizza Order Forms – I used two forms for this lesson.Anchor Charts: fractions diagram, 1/2 1/3 1/4, sample of completed work (see photo below Lesson Sequence “Pizza Fractions”).Construction paper: different colors for the crust, toppings & black 12 x 18 for background (to glue the pizza to).SEE SAW is hands down my favorite APP !) Materials: The kids already had a few lessons on how to use the app. I asked a local pizza place if they’d donate boxes for a school project- they were happy to help! 2. Then you will make a video of your partner delivering your finished pizza on the See Saw App. You and a partner will make the pizza using construction paper and a pizza box. You are short staffed today and will need to make and deliver the pizza yourselves! You are an employee at Acme Pizza (or use your local pizza place). We referenced our adopted curriculum and expanded on those early experiences. We used our adopted Common Core Math curriculum to introduce fractions (which totally tanked to be honest) so I was really glad to be doing a STEAM based fractions lesson as a follow-up. Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness a priori as well as assess their impact.to inform, instruct, motivate and persuade) Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g.Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.The 21st Century Skills included in this lesson were: I knew the principal wanted to see more 21st century learning & parent engagement so instead of a traditional skit or play, I had the kids video each other & send it to parents with our APP. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape. Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Kids certainly enjoyed creating the pizzas and using our iPads. There were 3 different template order forms distributed to the 23 students (2 halves, 3 thirds, or 4 fourths) made to formatively assess the learning that was taking place. Integrating visual art (construction paper pizzas) and technology (SeeSaw) with our (seemingly unsuccessful) textbook math lesson really helped me to create a real-life experience where students partitioned circles into equal shares. The Pizza Fractions lesson plan took 2 sessions (or 3 total hours) to complete. They are able to review their video before submitting incase they need to revise it. ![]() This was our first assignment that allowed the kids to apply what we learned (how to create a video, how to upload to their portfolio, how to be on camera… eye contact, strong clear voice, etc.) for the use of a project. My students started working on how to use the See Saw APP in September. They made this pizza out of construction paper & presented it via See Saw. They each got an order form requesting toppings in thirds, halves or fourths.įor example: ⅓ pepperoni, ⅓ olive & ⅓ mushroom Partners were to fill a pizza order and deliver it via video. Students were given a real life simulation of needing to jump in and help an understaffed pizza place. See below for standards addressed CCSS Math & 21st Century Learning. This worked out surprisingly well as each partner group finished at different times. We are not a 1:1 school so 22 students partnered up and shared 7 iPads. ![]() Technology is integrated into the project using the See Saw APP and our class iPads. This is a STEAM/ Project Based lesson plan. I can’t wait to share it with you now! Pizza Fractions Lesson Lesson Plan (Plus, I decided to use everyone’s favorite fraction… PIZZA!) However, I knew arts integration would be the key to an engaging, meaningful lesson. Recently, my second graders were introduced to fractions, but the math book’s lesson… well, it failed. So, there I was – faced with the challenge to plan and execute a lesson for a formal observation with my new principal. (This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Story! Click here for Part 1.)
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