Lesson Plan
Discussing Fraction Representations
Support your students as they utilize key academy language to speak about visual and numerical representations of fractions. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for *Fractions in Action*.
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Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to write fractions in mathematical notation and words.
Language
Students will be able to explain specific information about fractions using key vocabulary and sentence frames.
Introduction
(3 minutes)- Elicit student answers to the following questions: What is something that you are a part of? How many people are in the whole group?
- Define the word part as one of the pieces that make or form something. Point out that each of us is a part of something, such as a team, class, or family. For example, each student is a part of the class because they are one of the pieces that forms the class.
- Define the word whole as something that is full or complete. Tell learners that the whole is a class, family, or team.
- Challenge them to think of any other examples of parts and the whole. Record student answers on the board to serve as a reference for the remainder of the lesson.
- Read the student-friendly Language Objective aloud and have students repeat it. Explain that they will learn some important vocabulary to talk about fractions today.