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ElementaryLessonPlanTemplate

UNLVStudent: JasmineRathel PSMTName: LisaMorgan

LessonPlanTitle: Introductionto LessonPlanTopic: Math
EquivalentFractions
Date: 17January2017 EstimatedTime: 70min
GradeLevel: 4th SchoolSite: ThiriotElementary

1.StateStandard(s):4.NF.A.1Explainwhyafractiona/bisequivalenttoafraction
(nxa)/(nxb)byusingvisualfractionmodels,withattentiontohowthenumberandsizeofthe
partsdiffereventhoughthetwofractionsthemselvesarethesamesize.Usethisprincipleto
recognizeandgenerateequivalentfractions.
2.TeachingModel(s):DirectTeaching;InquiryBasedInstruction
3.Objective(s):SWBATunderstandthevalueofafraction.
SWBATunderstandhowafractionmodelrepresentsafraction.
SWBATUnderstandhowtwofractionsareequivalent.
SWBATunderstandhowdifferentmodelscanrepresentthesamevalue.
4.MaterialsandTechnologyResources:Mathnotebooks,scissorsgluesticks,fractionflipbook,
crayons,projector,printerpaper(prefolded),P.120122worksheet,
5.InstructionalProcedures:
a.Motivation/Engagement:
SWtakeoutmathjournals.
SWreadobjective:Iwillbeablerecognizeanddemonstratethatequivalentfractions
appeardifferentbutareequalinvalue.
SWbegiventheprefoldedprinterpaper
SWshadein1/3ofthepaper.
SWfoldpaperagain.
SWdiscusswhetherornotthesameamountisshaded.
SWfoldpaperagain.
SWdiscusswhattheythinkishappeningaswefoldthepaper.

b.DevelopmentalActivitiesorLearningExperiences:
SWfillinaKWLchartintheirmathjournals.
SWsharebackgroundknowledgeaboutfractionsandequivalentfractions.
TWpresentthevocabularyneededforthelesson.
TWdiscussthepartsofafractionwithstudents.
TWprovidedifferentwaysfractionsarerepresentedalsoconnectingtostudent
knowledgeofdivision.
SWdiscussquestionpromptsonPowerPointwithshoulderpartner.
 SWwritethatiftwofractionsareequivalent,themodelwillhavethesamenumberof
partsshadedin.
TWdemonstratehowtocreateequivalentfractionsbymultiplyinganddividing.
TWemphasizethat2/2isnotthesameas2/1.
TWshowstudentsthatiftheyaredividingthesamewholeuptheyneedtohaveenough
partsforthewhole.
c.Closure:SWcompleteworksheetreflection:Explainhowyoucanfindequivalent
fractions.
SWfillinwhattheyhavelearnedfortheirKWLchart.

d.Extension:SWcreateafractionflipbooktoplaceinnotebook.
SWcolorparts,fillinnumberlines,andothervisualrepresentationsoffractions.

6.Accommodations,ModificationsandDifferentiationsforDiverseLearners:
TWwalkaroundroom
TWallowforpartnerwork
TWallowformoretime
TWgivedirectassistance
7.AssessmentandEvaluationofLearning:
a.Formative:Fractionfoldable;ongoingthroughoutlesson

b.Summative:Worksheetreflection

8.HomeworkAssignment:Weeklypacket