LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Jayne Brown has been a teacher in the Buncombe County School System for twenty-two years teaching mainly in the middle school.

Resources created by Jayne Brown

Water, Water Everywhere...
This is a good beginning of the year lesson to review fractions, decimals, geometry (the number of degrees in a circle and drawing a circle with a protractor), graphing, and metric measurement. This lesson is a good way for students to meet their peers while working cooperatively in a task-oriented group. The watermelon you will be using for the activity is also a good start-of-the-year treat. Be sure to get an extra watermelon or two to share at the end of the activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Jayne Brown.