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Demystify fractions with lesson plans that use visual aids and practical examples. These resources help students understand part-whole relationships and equivalencies. Incorporate them to build confidence and competence in working with fractions.
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Cross-curricular movie study built around the 2022 Netflix film 'Rescued by Ruby' (a true story of a state trooper and a shelter dog who become a K-9 search-and-rescue team), covering grammar, animal science, creative writing, math, and social-emotional learning
This lesson is designed to help your third grade students partition shapes into parts with equal areas and write a related fraction, in order to meet the Common Core Standard 3.G.2.
Make teaching equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, simplifying fractions and finding common denominators simple with these engaging, interactive guided math notes!
This 3.NF.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson helps students understand a fraction as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into equal parts .
This lesson is designed to help students understand fractions by representing them on a number line. It is aligned with the 3.NF.2 Common Core Standard.
Teach and provide guided practice for multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers, aligned to (but not excerpted from) the Envision Math Grade 5 Topic 11 curriculum sequence.
A ready-made 'emergency' substitute lesson packet (from a published Emergency Lesson Plans book) built around a narrative story about the history of chocolate, followed by cross-curricular follow-up worksheets (reading comprehension, writing, math word problems, geography, word puzzles).
A cross-curricular biography unit on Jane Goodall combining a nonfiction narrative with reading comprehension, vocabulary, simple math word problems, and writing activities.
A hands-on introductory math lesson using egg cartons and counters to teach improper fractions and mixed numbers.
A cross-curricular unit teaching students about the International Space Station (ISS) through an informational reading passage, combined with reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary (Greek word roots), math, and geography activities.
Day 2 of the framing-workers unit: same 'Self-Employed Framer' siding scenario re-run with different measurements (120-inch lengths, 8-1/4" wide pieces, 1/4" overlap), reinforcing unit-conversion and fraction skills alongside fact fluency and reading/writing.
This product covers the 2016 Virginia (VA) Standards of Learning (SOL) 3.2 The student will a) name and write fractions and mixed numbers represented by a model; b) represent fractions and mixed numbers with models and symbols; and c)…
Day 4 of the framing-workers unit: siding word problem re-run using yard-based measurements (3-yard lengths, 4-1/4" wide pieces, 1-1/4" overlap), building toward the Friday culminating art project and writing piece.
A full-day set of substitute teacher lesson plans on the theme of cultural diversity for 5th/6th grade.
A no-prep, 5-day Grade 3 end-of-school-year math packet (teacher guide, student worksheets, and answer key as separate files) combining math skill review with reflective/celebratory last-week-of-school activities.
Cross-curricular lesson plan combining visual art and math: students decompose fractions visually while creating artwork inspired by Bridget Riley's work.
The Dino Park Mini Unit: An Integrated Grade 2 and 3 Teaching Resource This multifaceted teaching resource, suitable for Grade 2 and Grade 3 students, blends language arts, math, and science within a three day unit.
The five-day sequence combines Grade 4 calculation review with word-problem writing and reflection. A field-trip story provides a shared context for applying several skills, while Number Detectives revisits rounding, fractions, factors, and multiples. The final lesson turns toward goals for fifth grade and recognition of progress.
An educator's guide providing theory, methodology, and classroom strategies for teaching fractions to students with dyscalculia, math learning disabilities, or math anxiety, using a specialized visual/spatial (non-pie-chart) approach to the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract framework.
Envision Math Grade 5 – Topic 10: Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers provides everything you need to teach this tricky skill with clarity and confidence.
Fractions 5 Day Remediation Plan (VA SOL 3.2) The Fractions 5 Day Remediation Plan (VA SOL 3.2) is a well-structured teaching resource, impeccably designed for educators working towards enhancing their students' understanding of fractions.
Guided (fill-in-the-blank) student notes for Grade 5 Envision Math Topic 9, teaching equivalent fractions, simplest form, common multiples/LCM, common denominators, and adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
A large ('Broken Plate Fraction Kitchen') fraction intervention curriculum for older struggling learners, moving from concrete/visual fraction concepts (equal parts, counting fractions) through fractions greater than one, comparing fractions, equivalent fractions, and number lines, using a kitchen/cooking theme with placement and post…
This Fractions Unit PowerPoint is a resource that will provide your math students with starters, exit tickets and everything in between as they learn about fractions. There are 50+ editable slides for you to use to teach about fractions.