Worksheet to practice half, whole and quarter with practical colouring (or cooking) activity.
I used this with a small SEN class and made the pizzas following the instructions and whilst they were cooking coloured the recipe sheet with the ingredients covering the correct fractions but you could use it only for colouring the correct fractions.
I used this for revision for my class. The items sold in the shop are a bit silly/childish because that’s what my class likes but they could quickly and easily be changed with find and replace if you don’t like them.
A one lesson long maths problem devoted to answering this question.
Differentiated to 4 levels and including a further extension. For the easiest it leads learners through the problems step by step. Moving to the most difficult where they will have to research the costs and work out how to calculate the cost independently.
The extension task calls for students to present how and why their method works as well as consider how the problem changes if new ingredients are added.
Because I work in a Special School we have access to a kitchen so I have been able to link this with life skills work on preparing food and to vocational learning about setting up and running a cafe. We have also been able to make sandwiches which has been very motivational.
More problems like this to follow.
A little tweaking may be needed for learners who don’t eat bacon.
Survey to find the cost people with pay for a Bacon Sandwich followed by 3 activities to create a pictogram, scatter graph and a bar graph.
Because I work in a special school we have been able to make and sell bacon sandwiches which has been motivating for pupils.
An introduction to coordinates through a buried treasure game. Once the island is drawn and the treasure buried students can play a battleships style coordinates game to find each others treasure or could design questions about their island for peers to answer.
Worksheet on Symmetry on a Halloween pumpkin theme. Draw identical shapes, patterns or designs either side of the mirror line to create a symmetrical pattern.