Understanding Fractions as a Number
Learning Objectives: Understand the size of the fractional part is relative to the size of the whole; Apply the part-whole relationship using real-life objects before moving to fractional numbers
What is a Fraction?Now that your students know how to identify parts of a set, let's learn how those can be written as one number to indicate the part and the whole.
Have your students watch this video to see how it's done! After viewing the video, allow students to discuss what they learned and ask questions to clear up any misunderstandings. |
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Creating Fractions from SetsThe infographic on the right will help students better understand how to create a fraction using the part number as the numerator and the whole group number as the denominator.
Part 1: Using the sets that were shown during Module 1, have the students create fractions based on given part information. Students can use the individual white boards to hold up their answers. Once students have shown understanding, move on to Part 2. Part 2: Next, using the sets the students created during their stations in Module 1, students will create the corresponding fractions. This will help students relate what they learned during the part-whole relationship to fraction numbers. |
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Pizza Party Problem - in Fraction Form
Revisit the Pizza Party Problem with the students and discuss different pizza fraction possibilities.
Possible discussion questions for student discourse:
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Assessment: Module 2
As the activities and discussions were completed, there is an opportunity for informal assessment of student understanding based on student performance and immediate feedback to help students modify and adjust their thinking. The link posted provides a formal assessment to check for student understanding over this module. Teachers can post this link in Google Classroom or other learning management platform so that students can take the assessment digitally.