This fall, Penn Middle School sixth-grade students participated in a creative math lesson designed to strengthen their skills in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals.
Math teachers Mrs. Wentroble, Mrs. Supernovich, and Mrs. Oberkofler transformed their classrooms into a mock restaurant, “Penn Middle Pizza, Pasta, Pronto,” where students acted as both restaurant staff and diners. While no real food was served, the students received “dishes” printed with math equations to solve as part of the dining experience.
The hands-on activity provided an engaging way for students to apply their math knowledge in a real-world context.
Brynlee Young, Liam Donovan, Elijah Jarboe, and Sierra Mason complete their 3 courses of fraction and decimal problems
Jackson Prather, Aiden Milko, Shylie Immel, Coraline Ward, and Adalina Ament total up their customers’ checks, calculate the tip, and present the final cost per person to their tables
Kendall Scavincky, Alyssa Rayman, Raura Meinert, and Capriana Caruso complete their Pizza, Pasta, Pronto fraction and decimal problems while being served at their table by Nina Padezan