IntroducingFractions
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Day1SquatchinNumberLine
Day2TheFractionKit(FromDotheMathChapter2)
Studentscutfractionpiecesforhalves,fourths,eighthsandsixteenths.
Day3PatternBlockFractions,Version2fromBeyondFractions,Version2
Studentsinvestigatethesizeofthefractionswhendifferentpatternblocksaredesignedasthe
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severalfractionalnames,dependingonitsrelationshiptotheblockthatisawhole.
Day412cmNumberLines(Pages3538fromBeyondPizzasandPies)
StudentsusethenumberlinetodiscovertheruleThesmallerthedenominator,thelargerthe
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whenthenumeratorsaredifferent,thecomparisonsofanytwofractionsismorecomplex.
Day5ComparingFractions(Uncover,Version1fromDotheMathEquivalenceand
Comparison)
StudentslearnandplaythegameUncover,whichgivesthemexperiencewithidentifying
equivalentfractions.
WaysMathematiciansCompareFractions
Studentslearndifferentwaystocomparefractions
compareunitfraction
comparefractionswithcommonnumerator
comparefractionswithcommondenominators
Materials
ComparingFractionsToolKit(fromDotheMathWorkspace,p1andp9)
Day6ComparingFractions(Uncover,Version1fromDotheMathEquivalenceand
Comparison)
WaysMathematiciansCompareFractions
Studentslearndifferentwaystocomparefractions
comparefractionsthatareoneunitfraction,afractionwherethenumeratoris1.
comparefractionsto.
changefractionstoequivalentfractions
Day8MeasuringwiththeCuisenaireRods
2:00timeImproperFractions
Youcanuselesson3fromDotheMathlessonthree
Day9WorkingwiththeTwoUnitNumberLine(fromBeyondFractions)
Studentswill:
Examineimproperfractionsandwhattheymean.
Reinforcethatfractionpiecescanhaveseveralfractionalnames,dependingonitsrelationship
totheblockthatisawhole.
Day10Investigation2.2ofUnit4
Day11IntroduceRoll5andIdentifyingequivalentfractionsandwritingequations
(DotheMathA,Lesson14)
Studentsidentifyequivalentfractionsandwritethemasmixednumbersandimproperfractions.
Day10ProgressMonitoring(pages22and23ofFractionBookA)
Namepartsofawholeasfractionandusestandardnotation.
Identifyequivalentfractions
Addfractions
Communicateideaswithkeymathvocabulary:
fraction,equation,andmixednumber.
Whatisyourwhole,when..(needtocreate)
Day11Investigation1.2RelatingFractionsandPercents(Exposure)
Findingfractionalpartsofawholeorofagroup(ofobjects,people,andsoon)
Findingpercentageofarectangulararea
Identifyingfractionandpercentequivalentsthroughreasoningaboutrepresentationsandknown
equivalentsandrelationships.
2:00FindingCommonDenominators
Day12Investigation1.3FindingpercentsofanArea
Findingfractionalpartsofarectangulararea
Findingapercentageofarectangulararea
Identifyingfractionandpercentequivalentsthroughreasoningaboutrepresentationsandknown
equivalentsandrelationships.
Day13Investigation1.4PercentEquivalentsforThirdsandSixths
Findingfractionalpartsofarectangulararea
Identifyingfractionandpercentequivalentsthroughreasoningaboutrepresentationsandknown
equivalentsandrelationships.
Day14FractionofaNumber(SaxonLessonTBA)
Day15Investigation1.5Assessment:SolvingProblemswithFractionsandPercents
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