Lesson Plans
Students will define and partition one (whole) and combine unit fractions. Students work with puzzles involving partitioning a rectangle into equal areas. They understand that a fraction 1/b is the quantity formed by 1 part of a whole partitioned into b equal parts and combine the unit fractions to create a/b fractions. Students work with puzzles involving representing fractions as a bar model, moving the bar model to a number line, and understanding a fraction as a number on a number line. They represent a fraction 1/b on a number line by defining the interval from 0 to 1 and partitioning it into b equal parts. They recognize each of these parts as 1/b. They represent fractions a/b by lengths of 1/b from zero.
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Teacher Support
This section contains items to support you in teaching this module’s curriculum. Clicking on the puzzle pieces will open the puzzles needed for this module’s Puzzle Talks. There’s also a teacher planner for your convenience.
Videos
Here you’ll find Game in a Minute links to go along with each game. These super-short videos are meant to quickly familiarize you with the puzzles you’ll be sharing with the class. These are for teachers only as you’ll want your students to experience productive struggle as they play through the games. You may also find student-created videos to explain how to play this module’s table games.
Equal Areas Game in a Minute
Equal Division Game in a Minute
Scale Fraction Game in a Minute
Race to 2 Student-Created Video
Five for Twenty-Five Student-Created Video
Resources
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