Combine the practical application of Project Based Learning math activities with the engaging puzzles of Escape Rooms for your second and third grade students learning fractions with this Exploring Fractions in Action Pizza Shop Activity! The unique way these worksheets are put together allows flexibility for use independent workbooks for your gifted and talented students, for small math groups, or as a math center activity.

Pizza has been a time-tested theme for teaching fractions - but this project takes pizza math to the next level! Beyond identifying fractions and equal parts, your students will apply fractions to building orders, packaging leftovers, and comparing data - all while exploring the beginning principles of adding and comparing fractions!

As a bonus activity - your students will use critical thinking skills to price out different sized slices of pizza for their different customers! These activities can be put together into one big workbook, or assigned as individual worksheets in a series.

What's Included in the PDF:

• 1 Coloring Page Cover
• 5 Page Teacher Use and Print Guide
• 15 Practice Pages
• 3 Pages Manipulatives
• 1 Certificate
• Answer Keys

Teacher Guides:

• Suggestions for different ways to use - such as small groups vs independent workbooks
• Activity Summaries: Includes a short explication of the activity, the skill reviewed, and any helpful tips for making the activity successful!
• Print Guide: Suggestions for how to print as a workbook and as individual worksheets. Page numbers are included for easy printing.
• Answer Keys

Practice Page Activity List:

• Equal Parts Permit
• Cutting Pizzas
• Reading Orders in Fraction Form
• Opening Day: First Orders
• Mystery Order
• Packaging Leftovers
• Slices of All Sizes
• Pizza Data on the Number Line
• Comparing Pizza Fractions
• Bonus Critical Thinking Activity - Pricing out Slices

Printable Manipulatives:

Cut out pizzas that show the whole, halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and eighths

Topics Reviewed or Explored:

• Equal Parts
• Numerators & Denominators
• Making a Whole (like denominators)
• Explore Adding Fractions with like denominators
• Equivalent Fractions
• Explore Making a Whole (unlike denominators)
• Fractions on a Number Line
• Comparing Fractions on a Number Line
• Bonus: Explore Multiplying a Whole Number by Fractions

This project is unique in that it is comprehensive, yet not too intensive. It is designed to practice or review basic fractions before moving on to more complex ideas. The story line keeps your learner engaged through "the easy stuff" and gives using fractions a real world application to learn new concepts - like making a whole or exploring adding fractions with unlike denominators.

Ideal for:

• Small math groups or math centers
• Gifted and Talented Programs
• Advanced Math students looking for a challenge
• Parent pull out groups or at home support
• Homeschool Math Project
• No-Prep Substitute Activity

Developed to Meet the Needs of Advanced Math Second Graders:

This product was created for my son and his group of second graders needing more advanced math opportunities than their current math curriculum provided. I designed it to be able to be a guided whole-group activity where the teacher/tutor can answer questions and teach each concept as we get to it AND as an activity that higher achieving students can complete and learn independently. You will need to know what YOUR learners need. It is suggested that the teacher be available to help answer student questions and to check periodically for accuracy as the project is completed.

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