A SIOP Lesson Plan

Jodi Weiler

Using Op Art to Teach Fraction, Decimal, and Percent Equivalents

Assemble an Op Art piece using proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems.

Content Objective:

Language Objective:

Record proportional relationships (ratio to decimal to percent) using Op Art.

•Op Art (optical art)

• Ellsworth Kelly

• Ratio

• Percent

•Decimal

Vocabulary:

• Ask students how many have ever been to the DIA? How many to an art

museum outside of Detroit? How many of them like art? How many know

what Op Art is? Discuss Ellsworth Kelly and other Op Art artists. Show a brief

slideshow of Optical Art and discuss how math is incorporated into art.

What is a percent? (part of 100). What are some other ways we can

represent parts of a whole? (fractions and decimals).

Building Background:

• 100 square grid on ledger paper

• 5 different colors of 1” squares

• glue

• pencils

• calculators

Materials:

Supplementary Materials:• Op Art Slideshow

• Worksheet

What does math have to do with art???

Detroit Institute of Arts

Louvre

Paris, France

Museum of Modern Art

New York, New York

Art that uses geometric patterns to confuse or excite the eye.

What is Op Art?

Color For a Large Wall

1951

Ellsworth Kelly

• Students will create an op art piece of their own on a 100 square grid using up to 5 colors provided. If they choose to leave spaces blank, the blank spaces will count as white. At the bottom of the sheet, there are columns for Color, Number, Fraction, Decimal and Percent, where students will convert each based on numbers of each color used in their art piece.

Activity/Application

Name:

Color Number Fraction Decimal Percent

Total = 100

• Students who demonstrate strong grasp on concept prior to beginning this concluding lesson can challenge themselves by excluding the outer ring, leaving them with a 64 square grid.

• To reinforce relationship, students who finish early can complete worksheet. Other students can complete for homework.

Differentiating Instruction

NUMBER OF

SQUARES OUT

OF 100FRACTION DECIMAL PERCENT

EQUIVALENT

DOLLAR

AMOUNT

1 75 3/4 0.75 75% $0.75

2 1/5 0.2

3 30 0.3

4 12/25 48%

5 60

6 37%

7 0.56

8 44

9 23/25

10 7/10

11 91%

Fill in the missing percent, decimal, and/or fraction for each of the following:

NAME: ___________________________ DATE: ____________________________

Questions?

Comments?

Thank you for your attention!

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