Interpreting Fractions as Division Bundle and Game

Subject: Math, Numbers and Operations Fractions

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in strategic and purposeful partnerships and take "math" notes
• Use models to demonstrate understanding that a fraction is the result of dividing the numerator by the denominator
• Solve word problems involving the division of whole numbers resulting in proper fractions
• Draw and use models to represent fractions that are a result of dividing whole objects into smaller pieces
• Demonstrate their understanding of this skill by playing  "Fractions as Division Pictionary"
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

Materials Needed:

• blank paper (3 pieces per student, plus 5 for teacher)
• scratch paper (one per student)
• pencils, crayons/colored pencils
• small dry erase boards or clipboards with white paper (one per group of 8 students)
• document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

• “Fractions as Division” (2 pages) (1 copy per student)
• “Fractions as Division Pictionary Cards” (1 copy per group of 8 students),
• “Fractions as Division Pictionary Score Card” (one copy per group of 8 students)
• “Exit Slips”  (1 copy per student)
• “Fractions as Division Answer Key” (1 copy for display)

CCSS: 5.NF.3

File Type: PDF