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The Chef’s Corner

The Chef’s Corner. A place where education and good time come together! It’s A Family Affair---Math Family Fair Kelley Lowd Johnson. It’s A Family Affair.

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The Chef’s Corner

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  1. The Chef’s Corner A place where education and good time come together! It’s A Family Affair---Math Family Fair Kelley Lowd Johnson

  2. It’s A Family Affair • Research has suggested that parental involvement does increase student’s achievement at school by affecting the students’ attitude, and attendance. • This year Addam Memorial Middle School is committed to increasing parental involvement.

  3. It’s A Family Affair • We, the staff, at Addam Memorial Middle school understand that not all parents have accessibility to volunteer during the school hours, so we’ve created…

  4. Home Learning Recipes • Students and their families are to locate 5 to 10 food items that are common to their household.

  5. Home Learning Recipes • Next, the students must record the nutritional facts of each item.

  6. Home Learning Recipes • Once all of the nutritional facts are recorded, the students must plot the different nutritional facts on a graph.

  7. A Family Affair! • The students and their family need to sit down and plan at least 2 different family meal plans (complete dinner which includes an entrée, side items, and dessert). The plan should include total cost

  8. A Family Affair! • Once the two meals are plan, the students need to compare the nutritional values of each meal by investigating the ingredients online. • Finally, plot the nutritional values of both meals and price.

  9. Let’s Spice it Up! • Now let’s alter the recipes by doubling the ingredients with meal plan #1. • The second meal plan decrease the ingredients by ¼. • Now plot these changes and the alter prices for both meals.

  10. The Chef’s Corner!

  11. Let’s Compare

  12. Let’s Start Cooking!

  13. Summary • Its time for the educational world to meet our community! • Each student is required to select several food items that is common to their family. • Research and plot the nutritional facts of the selected items • Design two typical family meal, alter the meals and plot the financial difference as well as the nutritional values

  14. Resources • Partners In Learning: How Schools Can Support Family Involvement In Education. Retrieved August 19, 2007 from http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/schools_involvement.html • Concept to Classroom. (2004). Workshop: making family and community connections. Retrieved August 19, 2007 from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/familycommunity/index_sub4.html

  15. CONTACT INFORMATION Kelley Lowd Johnson 6122 Howell Ridge Lithonia, Georgia 30058 770-465-9505 kelleyljohnson@yahoo.com

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