Fractions, Measurements Entrepreneurs, Goods and Services, Oh MY!

Fractions, Entrepreneurs and Supply and Demand – Oh MY!

This is one of my favorite units to teach!  I love to incorporate lessons into real world scenarios and this is one I can run with! I believe Project Based, Hands On Learning can boost a students mood and their LOVE for learning. Click here to learn more! 

In Social Studies, we are learning about entrepreneurs.  Later in social studies, we will learn about supply, demand, good and services so I just incorporate it all together in my lesson.  It makes sense!  We write out vocabulary words (entrepreneurs, supply, demand, goods and services) and definitions on index cards.  We put them in our WIP (Work in Progress folders) until we are ready for them.   We will glue the vocabulary words and definitions to the inside of our boxes when they are ready. 

I love the topic of entrepreneurs! I have a family full of entrepreneurs.   I talk about this with my students, then I talk about my grandfather’s business. My granddaddy’s business was of goods. He created and sold boxes for different companies. It was very successful!  

With the box making in mind, I teach my students to build a box.  We first decide if we are a pizza company or a bakery with cupcakes or cookies.  Students decide on a name for the business and create a log and tag line. I also provide bakery hats for the students that I purchase on amazon!

During our math unit, we are learning about equivalent fractions.  Students use fraction circles to create either pizzas, cupcakes or cookies.  After they decorate their fraction circles, we practice folding their pizzas, cupcakes or cookies to create equivalent fractions.  For example, if you add pepperoni to 1/2 of the pizza.  Then fold the pizza in half that is split into eighths.  This will show students that 1/2 pizza is equivalent to 4/8 of a pizza. We use several examples like this.  They are excited about it as they just created their “goods”. We write equivalent fractions on the back of each pizza or other “good”. We measure out the box measurements…. it’s a difficult task but once it’s complete they love it. They are so proud!!  Ready to try this out… head to my TPT store.