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If One Serving Has C Calories,: Chapter 2 Performance Assessment

This activity requires students to: write and evaluate expressions. Add and multiply whole numbers and decimals. Choose a computation method. Plan a dinner party. Choose one food from each food group to serve. Complete the columns for fat and calories for each person.

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If One Serving Has C Calories,: Chapter 2 Performance Assessment

This activity requires students to: write and evaluate expressions. Add and multiply whole numbers and decimals. Choose a computation method. Plan a dinner party. Choose one food from each food group to serve. Complete the columns for fat and calories for each person.

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Chapter 2 Performance Assessment

Use the table at the right. 1. If one serving has c calories, write an expression to show the number of calories in 3 servings. Explain how to use your expression to find the number of calories in 3 servings of lettuce.

Food Item Fat Grams Meat group Turkey, 1 ounce 2 Ham, 3.5 ounces 5 Hamburger, 3 ounces 20 Dairy group Milk, 1 cup whole 8 American cheese, 1 oz. 9 Yogurt, 1 cup plain 4 Vegetable group Green beans, 1 cup 0.2 Lettuce, 1 cup 0.2 Peas, 1 cup 0.4 Fruit group Banana, 1 0.6 Apple, 1 0.5 Bread and pasta group Wheat bread, 1 slice 1 Macaroni, 1 cup 0

Calories 51 159 286 150 110 144 36 10 134 105 81 70 159

2. Plan a dinner party. Choose one food from each food group to serve. Complete the Food Item column with your choices. Then complete the columns for fat and calories for each person.
Number of Grams of servings for fat for each each person person 2 2 3 1.5 2.5 Calories for each person

Food Item Meat: Dairy: Vegetable: Fruit: Bread or pasta: Total

3. To complete the table, which computations did you do with mental math? Why?
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4. Explain how you could reduce the total amount of fat and calories for each person, by changing one item.

Chapter 2 Performance Assessment

Chapter 2 Performance Assessment

Teacher Notes
Skills and Concepts This activity requires students to: write and evaluate expressions. add and multiply whole numbers and decimals. choose a computation method. Guiding the Activity It might be helpful to review the basics of a balanced diet. According to the Food Pyramid published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a person should eat 2 to 3 servings of meat, 2 to 3 servings of dairy products, 3 to 5 servings of vegetables, 2 to 4 servings of fruit, and 6 to 11 servings of bread and pasta. You may want to ask questions such as, which meat item contains the least calories? Answers 1. 3c; Substitute 10 for c and multiply. 3 10 30, so 3 servings of lettuce have 30 calories. For 2-4, sample answers are given. Number of Grams of fat Calories for 2.
servings for for each person each person Food Item 2 Meat: Turkey 4 2 Dairy: Am cheese 18 3 0.6 Vegetable: Green beans 1.5 0.9 Fruit: Banana 2.5 0 Bread or pasta: Macaroni Total 23.5 each person

Scoring Rubric
Level 4 Standard to be achieved for performance at specified level Full Achievement The student chose appropriate items, correctly calculated calories and fat grams, and wrote and evaluated an expression without errors. The student showed a thorough understanding of when to use mental math. Explanations were well written. Substantial Achievement The student chose appropriate items but made minor errors when calculating calories and fat grams, and when writing and evaluating an expression. The student showed a good understanding of when to use mental math. Explanations were basically well written. Partial Achievement The student made errors in choosing appropriate items, calculating calories and fat grams, and writing and evaluating an expression. The student showed little understanding of when to use mental math. Explanations were fairly complete, but not well written. Little Achievement The student needed help in choosing appropriate items and made numerous errors when calculating calories and fat grams, and when writing and evaluating an expression. The student showed no understanding of when to use mental math. Explanations were missing or unclear. No Achievement The student provided a completely incorrect response, one that was not interpretable, or no response at all.

102 220 108 157.5 397.5 985

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3. It was easy to use mental math to find the total grams of fat. 4. An apple has fewer grams of fat and fewer calories than a banana. So, I could reduce the total fat and calories by serving apples instead of bananas.

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