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Increase student engagement with this no-prep ratios and proportions activity using individual whiteboards! This 8th grade math lesson includes animated Google Slides with a printable version.
This activity includes teacher directions, a review of ratios and solving proportions, 12 questions, and lesson slides. The printable version can be used with the slides if you don’t have a classroom set of individual whiteboards.
*Note: You can make a ‘whiteboard’ using any piece of paper and sheet protectors!*
How this lesson plan works:
- Review writing ratios and solving proportions (if necessary).
- Present each question on the board. Your students will solve the problem, then lift their whiteboard for immediate feedback.
- Float around the room to check in with students and quickly see what they do and don’t understand.
- Animated slides reveal each answer before moving on to the next question
This activity includes:
✅ 12 questions for solving proportions with equations and word problems
✅ Teacher directions
✅ Animated Google Slides with answer key
✅ Printable version with answer key
Ways to use this ratios and proportions activity in your 8th grade math class:
Small group intervention – Choose 5-6 questions to assign to students in a small group. Your students will solve each problem on whiteboards (or on the worksheet), so that you can give them immediate feedback and targeted support. You can also use this as an opportunity to pre-teach vocabulary.
Guided practice – Students solve the problems on each slide and get immediate feedback from the teacher. This is a perfect formative assessment to check for student understanding.
Test review – Quickly and easily review for an upcoming test with this activity.
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