Lesson Plan : Fruity Fractions
Teacher Name: | Jennifer Cobb |
Grade: | Grade 4 |
Subject: | Math |
Topic: | Learning fractions and proportions. |
Content: | This lesson will address learning fractions and proportions with manipulatives. |
Goals: | The goal is for the student to be able to calculate fractions and proportions based on their own set of manipulatives. |
Objectives: | The studens should be able to complete a log of the information derived from their calculations and in turn learn how to demonstrate the corresponding fractions. |
Materials: | Overhead projector, lesson transparency, Skittles, paper cup, log, hand sanitizer (use before and after!) |
Introduction: | Explain to the students that they will have the opportunity to work with "edible manipulatives" in learning how to communicate fractions. |
Development: | The overhead transparency should model the concept of colors in relation to the whole, showing examples of parts to a whole and calculating the fraction. |
Practice: | The students can divide the colors independently. For a guided activity, students can count just the red candies and count the entire group of candies. They should reflect these on their log. When they have the numbers to work with, they can attempt to put these numbers into fraction form. After being assured they understand, allow them to move on to independent practice. |
Accommodations: | For those struggling with attention span, perhaps a break can be built in after the guided activity. Some restraint will be necessary to keep the students from eating the candy. Working in pairs may also accommodate slow/disabled learners. |
Checking For Understanding: | Allowing students to volunteer to share their findings aloud is one form of assessment. Another will be the logs created. |
Closure: | Once each student has had the opportunity to speak aloud or had their logs perused, a recap of the lesson can be given on the overhead transparency. Of course, it is then necessary to eat the manipulatives! |
Evaluation: | The logs created will be the best measure of progress. |
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