Math Nutrition
Louise
Johnson
Beaufort Elementary
April 17, 2003
SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN THIS
LESSON: Math, Technology, Health, and Language Arts
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Students used nutritional knowledge to
plan balanced meals and then used grocery store flyers to calculate
costs of the meals. They also had to create word problems using
these flyers.
APPROXIMATE TIME REQUIRED: One week to complete the AIG
tiered assignment
STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
Language Arts:
5.08 Create readable documents through legible handwriting and word
processing
4.10 Use technology as a tool to enhance and/or publish a product
Technology:
2.3 Use keyboarding skills to improve speed/accuracy
2.4 Use a word processing application to create a format
Math:
1.18 Solve multi-step problems using an organized approach, and
selecting additional strategies
Health:
5.03 Plan, select and prepare healthful meals and snacks that
emphasize the principles of the Food Guide Pyramid
TEACHER’S LESSON GOALS/OBJECTIVES: The student will use the
computer to type a word problem created for the AIG tiered
assignment
MATERIALS/RESOURCES NEEDED:
- Health (Chapter 5),
- grocery store flyers,
- computer, printer and paper
PRE-ACTIVITIES:
- Complete Chapter 5
Health-Nutrition
- Complete AIG tiered assignment
- Remind students to use proper
keyboarding skills to help improve speed/accuracy when entering
their word problem on the computer.
ACTIVITIES:
- Use computers to type and print
out chosen word problem in format chosen by the teacher. Solve the word problem.
Sample below:
- Create a header, right align
and enter name,
- Center title of your word
problem in bold, 14pt,
- Left align and double space
word problem in plain 12pt,
- Press return 4 times, enter
your answer in italics style
- Use spell check
- Save then Print your word problem.
- Fold bottom part of the paper up
so it hides your answer.
- Display for others to solve your
problem.
CLOSURE: Student will show the
proper solution to their word problem
ASSESSMENT: Possible 100 points
1. Type the word problem using the format correctly 25 pts
2. Correct solution 50 pts
3. Spelling/grammar 25 pts
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