Fun With Fractions & Skittles Lesson Plan Template Page 2
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4Ask the class if they can give you any examples of fractions. Ask them to think
about fractions from everyday life. If they can not give you any examples, suggest
a pie. Have them think about slicing up the pie in pieces. Draw a big circle on the
board imitating a pie.
Ask the following questions pertaining to the pie drawing on the board: There are
8 slices in the pie and Charlie ate 3 pieces of pie. What fraction of the pie if left
for his brother to eat?
Main Activity:
Hand out one bag of fun size skittles packets to each student. Tell each
student to open their packages and separate each bag of skittles into
colors. Once they have done this, have each student write their results for
each color in the chart handed out to them (it is shown below). Fill in the
chart on the overhead with the totals of each student’s colors. Ask for one
of the students data and fill in the chart on the smart board.
Color of Skittle
Number of Skittles
Fractional Representation
of Color Out of the Whole
Red
Orange
Yellow
Purple
Green
Total
Answer the following questions using the data from the above chart.
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