John Geyer

This is an engaging, imaginary birthday dinner percent project that has worked very well with my 7th grade students in the past few school years. Included is: - A foldable booklet in which students will choose 10 items from a food menu (you need to provide a variety of menus to students that you can print out online). Students will calculate the sub-total, discount, discount price, tax, tip, and total spent on their imaginary birthday dinner. In addition, students will have to explain the proce

This assignment presents a few real-life problems that involve issues you may have while working in your backyard. I gave this assignment as a final assessment following my Expression and Equations unit in 7th grade math. Included is: - The problem sheet on which students may complete the assignment. - A corresponding rubric to score student work.