The Learning Objective: Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals in a real-world context
The Assessment: The students did a problem on their own and I checked their work by looking at what they got for the tax based on their total.
Agenda:
- Review and pass back olympics work
- Discussion on restaurants and what a customer might pay for (meal, tip, tax)
- Example of a menu done by me
- Students did a menu with the help of their neighbor if necessary
- Students did two menu problems on their own
- Students created four meals for four people in which they had to buy a meal, dessert, and beverage
Glass Half-Full Take: I initially thought that students would be turned off from this assignment but giving them a physical menu with pictures was apparently appealing enough. Students were able to do this, and although they needed me to "hold their hand," they were able to find how the tax impacted the price of the overall meal (assuming a 5% tax rate).
One Regret: The space to do out the work was just in their notebook. There was no template to help students that had trouble organizing. I also like the idea of writing the price above the item on the menu and then putting the price for several items in the margin (apologies for not showing pictures but there's copyright information to worry about it).
Link of the Day: A bunch of ideas for utilizing Instagram in the classroom. I'm not on Instagram but obviously this is something to consider.
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