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Subject: Fifth Grade (5th) - Mathematics - Number Central Focus: Multiplying Fractions
and Operations - Fractions
Common Core Objective: Date taught: March 21, 2018
5.NF.4 Apply and extend previous understandings
of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole
number by a fraction.
Daily Lesson Objective:
Performance- Students will be able to draw a picture and write an equation to solve a multiplication
problem involving fractions.
Conditions- Students will independently draw a picture and write an equation to solve a multiplication
problem involving fractions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills needed: Students should have background knowledge and experience
with using manipulatives and explaining their thinking processes while modeling a mathematical problem.
Students should also have background knowledge of multiplication standard algorithm or other multiplication
strategies. The students should have background knowledge of multiplying a whole number by a fraction
and the components of a fraction like numerator, denominator, and etc. The students should have skills that
include the following: sentence symbols, equation set up, problem-solving, and other skills.
“What are some of the steps that you may take first?
Why?”
Questions:
Questions:
Challenge:
For the students that are ready for a challenge, the
teacher will provide the students a word problem that
includes multiplying fractions by fractions. Then, the
student will also be asked to explain their strategies
and thought process. This word problem allows the
students to apply their knowledge using scenarios
and allows the students to thinking above the
mathematical standards. The teacher will gather the
students that have either completed their
assignments or look “bored” at a table that will be
least distracting to the other students that are still
working. The teacher will provide each student a
piece of paper with the word problem at the top
stating,
Questions:
Materials/Technology: Materials that is needed for this lesson is paper, pencils or pens,
fraction bars, manipulatives, worksheets, Smart Board, computer/laptop, and tablet.
The following website is ideas that are used within the lesson plan:
https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/7895-multiply-fractions-by-fractions-using-area-
models/ and https://gfletchy.com/how-much-dew/.
The following is used a resource for the lesson plan:
Investigations 3 In Number, Data, and Space