Fun math

I love when teachers can find the time to make learning fun. They have so much to do with testing and paperwork and trying to discipline kids without actually being able to discipline kids that I'm always impressed when they're able to get creative.

Biscuit is learning about fractions in his math class. And what better way to think about fractions than with slices of pizza!

Each student was to create a paper pizza with at least four toppings on several different slices. Then they had to figure out the fraction for each slice.

Since Biscuit likes his pizza with either just cheese or cheese and pepperoni, he decided he would make a candy pizza. I've mentioned before that my boy isn't very artistic, so I tried to make it as easy as possible for him. I figured the math part was more important than the artistic expression.

He said he wanted a cookie crust with chocolate sauce and candy toppings. I helped him come up with toppings that would be easy to cut up. We used a hole puncher for sprinkles, construction paper squares for Starburst, rolled up brown construction paper for Tootsie Rolls and a shape punch with toothpicks for lollipops.

And just to make it even better, we stopped by a pizza place near our house and asked them if we could buy an empty box. The guy behind the counter said he wouldn't charge us for the box, but if a dollar ended up in the tip jar, he wouldn't be offended.

Here's Biscuit's pizza:

Whoever invented the glue stick was a genius! It's SO much neater than a squirt bottle of glue.

The fractions were: 
Lollipops - 8/8 because there were 8 lollipops on 8 slices
Starburst - 3/4 because there were 3 Starburst on 4 slices
And so on.

He got an A+, so I guess his teacher thought it was a pretty good pizza project.