Since he's only two-and-a-half, he can't man up to an entire quesadilla yet. Likewise, I should probably watch my cholesterol and avoid routinely eating 3 eggs and cheese every Saturday. It's a delicious compromise. That said, as he gets older he eats more and in turn my cholesterol intake is slightly less, I think.
I came up with a 3 Act idea for our quesadilla breakfasts. You'll notice I don't use halves, fourths, and other math related vocabulary on purpose. It gives you a chance to use that vocabulary with your students. Text included below.
Narrative:
"On the weekends, my son and I look forward to making an egg and cheese quesadilla for breakfast. We scramble the eggs, add the cheese, grill up the tortillas, and when the quesadilla is ready, I cut it into sections so we can share. When he was two years old, he’d only eat one of the sections. Now that he’s a little bit older, he’ll eat more than one, but won’t entirely eat two. So I need to rethink this."
Quesadilla - Part 2
I'm working on another idea related to this whole circle, fraction idea. Stay tuned.
*Fawn, you're temporarily sworn to secrecy while I line things up.
Quesadilla,
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P.S. How many times did I use the word "whole"?
Dang I was so looking forward to using this 3 Act task with my 3rd graders today, but I didnt realize there wasn't 2 more videos following the first one! Oh well. Guess I'll have to make the rest of them for my students next year
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