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This document outlines activities to help 3rd grade students better understand fractions concepts including equivalent fractions, measurement with fractions using a number line, adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, and matching fractions with fraction circles. It provides objectives, relevant TEKS standards, and descriptions of 5 hands-on activities using materials like construction paper, paper clips, pizza worksheets, fraction memory cards, M&Ms, and fraction task cards. It concludes with an assessment of student participation and a closure activity of a Bingo fraction game to demonstrate knowledge learned.

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Fractionslessonplan

This document outlines activities to help 3rd grade students better understand fractions concepts including equivalent fractions, measurement with fractions using a number line, adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, and matching fractions with fraction circles. It provides objectives, relevant TEKS standards, and descriptions of 5 hands-on activities using materials like construction paper, paper clips, pizza worksheets, fraction memory cards, M&Ms, and fraction task cards. It concludes with an assessment of student participation and a closure activity of a Bingo fraction game to demonstrate knowledge learned.

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DanielaCastro,NubiaRenteria,AlejandraSalazar

BED4310
October8,2015

DevelopingFractionConceptsandStrategies

rd
Gradelevel:
3grade

Objectives:

Studentswillhaveabetterunderstandingoftheconceptsthatfractionscan
represent.Thisincludessimplifyingfractions,equivalentfractions,measurementwith
fractionsusinganumberline,matchingfractionswithfractioncircles,andaddingand
subtractingfractionswithlikedenominators.

TEKS:
(3)Numberandoperations.Thestudentappliesmathematicalprocessstandardsto
representandexplainfractionalunits.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(E)solveproblemsinvolvingpartitioninganobjectorasetofobjectsamongtwo
ormorerecipientsusingpictorialrepresentationsoffractionswithdenominators
of2,3,4,6,and8
(F)representequivalentfractionswithdenominatorsof2,3,4,6,and8usinga
varietyofobjectsandpictorialmodels,includingnumberlines
(G)explainthattwofractionsareequivalentifandonlyiftheyareboth
representedbythesamepointonthenumberlineorrepresentthesameportion
ofasamesizewholeforanareamodeland
(H)comparetwofractionshavingthesamenumeratorordenominatorin
problemsbyreasoningabouttheirsizesandjustifyingtheconclusionusing
symbols,words,objects,andpictorialmodels.

Activities:
(Activity1)
MeasurementandFractionswithCubes
Materials

Paperclips

Constructionpaper

Pencil

Colors
Procedure
1.
Studentswillbegivenconstructionpaperandseveralpaperclips.

2.
Thestudentswillbeaskedtomeasuretheconstructionpaperconnecting
thepaperclips.
3.
Theywillthencreateanumberlineaccordingtothepaperclips.
4.
Studentswillusethisnumberlinetomeasuredifferentobjectssuchas
pencils,colors,andbooksandrecordtheirfindingsinapieceofpaper.

(Activity2)
Pizzaequivalentfractionactivity
Materials:
Pizzaactivityworksheet
Differentcolorbeads
Onebrad
Onepaperclip
Procedures:
1. Studentswillgetintogroupsof45
2. Eachstudentwilltaketurnsspinningthespinner
3. Onthefractionthatthestudentgetsonthespinner,theywillplacetheir
coloredbeadonthepizzafraction
4. Studentswillhavetobecarefulandnoticethatthefractionsinthespinner
areinsimplestforms,butsomepizzafractiondrawingsarenotsotheywill
havetosimplifythemandlookatthedrawings
5. Whoeverhasthemostpizzascoveredwiththeircoloredbeadswin

(Activity3)
FractionMemoryMatch
Materials:
Setofmemorycardswithnumberfractionsandmatchingfractioncircles
Prizes(pencils,stickers,erasers,etc)
Procedures:
1.Studentswillbedividedintogroupsof25studentspergroup
2. Cardswillbeplacedfaceddownandspreadoutonthetable.
3. Eachstudentwilltakeaturntomatchafractioncardwithcorresponding
fractioncircle.
4. Ifstudentfindsapair,theywilltakeanotherturn.
5. Ifstudentdoesnotgetamatchingpair,theywillreturnthecardsandthe
studentontherightwilltakeaturn.
6. Studentwhofindsthemostpairsintheendwillwinaprize.

(Activity4)
FractionswithM&Ms
Materials:
M&Mcandybags
Tableofcolorandfractionworksheet
Pencils
Procedures:
1. EachstudentwillgetabagofM&Ms
2. StudentswillcounthowmanyM&Mstheirbaghasandrecorditinthe
worksheet
3. Studentswillopenthebagandseparateeachcandiesbycolor
4. Studentswillrecordhowmanyofthedifferentcoloredcandiesthereare
5. Studentswillthencreatefractionsusingthetotalnumberofacolored
candy(numerator)andthetotalnumberofcandies(denominator)
6. Ifthefractionsarenotinsimplestform,thestudentswillthenconvertthem

(Activity5)
AddingandSubtractingFractionswithLikeDenominators
Materials:
Numberedtaskcardswithfractionadditionandsubtractionproblems(4
perstudent)
Worksheetwithblankfractionandfractioncircles
Pencil
Procedures:
1. Eachstudentwillget4taskcards
2. Studentswillwriteequationonworksheetprovidedincorresponding
quadrant
3. Studentswillpartitionandshadeeachcircleundercorrespondingfraction
4. Studentswillrecordtheiranswer
5. Studentswillrepeatthesameprocedureforthenextthreetaskcards

BingoFractionGame
Materials

BingoFractioncards

Colors

2dice

Prizes
Procedure
1.

EachstudentwillbegivenaBingofractioncard.

2.
Theteacherwillrollthetwodiceandthatwilldeterminethefraction.The
biggestnumberwillbethedenominatorandthesmallestwillbethenumerator.
3.
Thestudentswillhavetocolorthefractioncirclespertainingtothefraction
fromthedicethattheteacherwillcallout.
4.
Thestudentwhocompletesfiveinarow,wins!

Assessment:
Studentswillbeinformallyassessedbytheirparticipationinclassand
successfullycompletingalltheactivities.

Closure:
Thestudentswilldemonstratetheirknowledgelearnedfromtheirprevious
activitiesandapplyitwhileplayingtheBingoFractionGame.

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