Lesson Plan
Building Squares
In this hands on lesson, students create squares with different fraction pieces while building their knowledge of adding fractions with different denominators.
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Learning Objectives
students will be able to add fractions with different denominators and justify their thinking with a model.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Gather students together and define equivalent as meaning objects that have the same value and whole as something in its entirety, or all of something.
- Show students a large square on the board. Explain to the students how there are several ways we could divide this square equally. Take student suggestions of ways to divide the square. Draw lines to model their suggestions. Make sure to emphasize that fractions must be made of equal parts.
- Tell students that no matter the way the square is divided it still remains one whole square. All divided parts of the square added together must equal 1.