This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.

Open Middle tasks provide opportunities for student to approach a mathematical task using different strategies and representations. They can be used as a warm-up/closing activity, as a formative assessment, or to facilitate discourse and discussion and get insite into student thinking and problem solving. These tasks provide a great opportunity for student to engage with the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

This is a lesson is performance task based on the topic of Equivalent Ratios.  It starts out with a class discussion for the warm-up and guided-practice drawing on background knowlege of students for using multiplcation of fractions to adjust ingredients of a recipe.  The performance task is design to complete in groups of 4.  The culminating discussion with students presenting their Jamboards is the formative assessment.CitationsLesson image - Created by Sheryl HuntVanilla Pudding Recipe,Task scenario problem and question a-e are adapted from (Illustrative Mathematics, 2019)Culminating Discussion Questions are found on P.43 Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally