April 2, 2014

Yesterday we started our unit on ratios.  I always like to do something "fun" to get my students interested in a new unit.  I usually use food (everyone likes food right?)  This time I decided to use jelly beans (since it is spring) to demonstrate how to write ratios.  I gave each student a handful of jelly beans and asked them to sort them in groups by color.  After that, I demonstrated how we would use them to write ratios.  Everyone was very excited to get started!  I handed out the page of questions and everyone eagerly began.  The best part about using food in a lesson is that you get to eat after you are done!  Here is a link to this fun lesson!