End-of-Unit Performance Task*adapted from Angel Rigdon Anderson, Nicholls Elementary School in Coffee County, Georgia

The scenario: Given the following recipes, you and your friends need to figure out how much of each item is used, how much of each item you need to purchase, and how much is left over.

Step 1: Figure out how many items you need and how much of each item is needed for all three recipes. Step 2: Determine how much you need to purchase being that you have to buy an item by how it is sold in the store, not by how much you need. Step 3: Calculate how much of each item you have left after making the following items.

Recipe 1 (Chocolate-Oatmeal Drop Cookies)1. 2 cups flour2. 2 teaspoons baking powder3. teaspoon salt4. cup margarine5. 1 cups sugar6. 1 teaspoons vanilla7. 2 eggs8. 1 cups milk9. 2 cups quick oatmeal10. 1 ounce cocoa

Recipe 2 (Sugar Cookies)1. 1 and 1/3 cups flour2. 1 teaspoons baking powder3. teaspoon salt4. cup margarine5. cup sugar6. teaspoon vanilla7. 3 eggs8. 2/3 cup milk

Recipe 3 (Grannys Special Cake)1. 2 and 2/3 cups flour2. 2 teaspoons baking powder3. teaspoon salt4. 3/8 cup margarine5. 1 and 2/3 cups of sugar6. 1 teaspoon vanilla7. 2 eggs8. 1 cups milk

Each container holds this amount:Flour: 8 cupsBaking Powder: 20 teaspoonsSalt: 12 teaspoonsSugar: 8 cupsVanilla: 10 teaspoonsEggs: 1 dozenMilk: 4 cupsMargarine: 5 cupsOatmeal: 8 cupsCocoa: 8 ounces

ScaleCriteria5030100

Student added amounts of each ingredients with accuracy7 8 ingredients added correctly4 6 ingredients added correctly1 3 ingredients added correctly0 ingredients added correctly

Student subtracted amounts of each ingredient from the total in each container with accuracy9-10 ingredients subtracted correctly5-7 ingredients subtracted correctly1-4 ingredients subtracted correctly0 ingredients subtracted correctly

Student showed all workWork shown for all stepsWork shown for most steps (about 75%)Work shown for some steps (less than half)Work is not shown

Total:____/100

85-100 Mastered70-84 Met Most56-69 Working Toward 0-55 Below Standard