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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Understanding Fractions (phase one): Fractions, Ratio and Proportions in the Kitchen

Setting: ABE/ASE

NRS Level(s):

Level 3: Low Intermediate Basic Education
Level 4: High Intermediate Basic Education

Open entry/exit: Yes

Context: Family

Standard(s): Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

Benchmark(s): 1.3, 1.4

Objective: To distinguish fractions from whole numbers; to interpret, illustrate, create, and summarize the concept of fractions.

Materials: Flip-flash math (fractions), several cooking recipes and their ingredients, measuring spoons and cups, paper and pencil, lesson outline.

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 15 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: (4) 1 hour lectures; (4) 30 minute tutoring sessions.

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the Lesson:
As a class, ask students to brainstorm situations they have needed to increase or reduce the measurements of something.

Teach the Lesson:
Provide visual representations of fractions (e.g. pies and rectangle segmentations).

Practice the lesson:
Students will individually complete an activity “Fractions, Ratio, and Proportion in the Kitchen.” The student will be given a recipe and instructed to double and triple the measurements.

Assess the lesson:
Individually, students will be given a real world problem situation that requires manipulation of fraction skills and that will demonstrate problem solving strategies. Responses will be made orally and in writing.

Apply the lesson to the real world:
Lesson is beneficial for learning meal planning for large groups of people. In addition, this lesson is useful for making home repairs (e.g. window measurements).

Submitted by: Alvin LeBlanc

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