Percentages, Fractions and Decimals

**Description: **

This resource is a lesson plan for Year 8 Maths teachers who teach percentages, specifically, to convert between percentages, fractions and decimals. It will help you teach a smooth lesson even if you do not have a strong mathematical background. Just run the PowerPoint.

**Learning Objectives: **

By the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
• Convert between percentages, fractions and decimals

Links to curricula:

Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases, with and without digital technologies (ACMNA187)

Standards or Specifications:

The lesson follows the explicit teaching method. I DO, YOU DO, WE DO.
There is a Lesson Focus & Success Criteria slide with learning objectives.
At the end of the PowerPoint file, there is a homework slide. The suggested pages and the question numbers are for the Jacaranda’s Maths Quest 8 book.

How to use it

The lesson format is in a PowerPoint file. There are symbols to prompt certain actions in the lesson. They have the following meanings:
• WARM-UPS: There are questions from the last lessons. It is a good idea to start with these examples. No more than 10 minutes.
• W: Write from the board
• I DO – Teacher does the question (step by step solution).
• WE DO – Teacher prompts students to participate, asks questions and helps them with solutions where necessary.
• YOU DO – Students work independently.