Lesson: Making Flags

The lesson Making Flags was taken from our manipulative cd. This lesson asks students to desing their own flags using color tiles. They can make a flag however they like and must use more than on color. After making their flag they then must determine the fractions and percents of each color in the flag. For example, a flag with 32 color tiles and 8 blues would be one fouth blue or 25%. This allows students to identify fractions, reduce fractions and identify the percent of a fraction.