Fifth Grade

Week Two

Lesson Plans

This week, students will:

  • use their understanding of fair sharing whole numbers into equal groups to partition one whole into equal fractional sections. Students partition a whole into halves, thirds, fourths, and eighths.
  • understand that a fraction 1/b is the quantity formed by 1 part of a whole partitioned into b equal parts.
  • work with puzzles involving selecting fractions of size 1/b to create a fraction a/b.

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Teacher Support

This section contains items to support you in teaching this week’s curriculum. Clicking on the puzzle pieces will open the puzzles needed for this week’s Puzzle Talks. There’s also a Teacher Planning Guide 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 week’s board games.

Estimate Fractions on a Number Line Game in a Minute

Number Line Equivalence Game in a Minute

Pie Monster Game in a Minute

Resources

Click on the thumbnails to open this week's student resources in a new tab OR right-click and choose "Save Link As..." to download and print. You can also click on the paperclip in the upper-right to download all resources in one document.