My first Christmas lesson with 8.2.4. They had to convert a fraction to a decimal and percentage, then cut out snow flake patterns and hang them on ribbon. They hate fractions. They are frightened of them and can't see the point of them in the outside world. I had to try and coax them into engaging.
This was not easy but by the end of the lesson I had about 10 of them up at the board teaching each other how to convert a fraction into a decimal - brilliant! For the first time with this particular class I felt like I was getting somewhere. The snow flakes looked really good as well
