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Subject: Mathematics Course/Grade: Grade 5 Unit 5: Fraction Sense and Manipulation, Lesson 1: Pre-assessment and Fraction Necessity Instructional/Content Objective: Working as a class, students will identify specific instances of fraction necessity in everyday life situations, develop an argument for the usefulness of fractions outside of school and create posters representing fractions as division problems utilizing a specific vocabulary term. Curriculum Framework Standards: Through pre-assessment, brainstorming, discussion and independent reasoning students will (5.NF.3) Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a b). Lesson Procedure Preparation Phase: Background Building 1. As the first lesson in the unit, the majority of the lesson will be the preparation phase. 2. Introduce the days objective by having two students read it directly from the board and two students express the objective in their own words. 3. Display the following questions on a poster to remain in the classroom throughout the unit. i. Are fractions important? ii. Do you like fractions? iii. Why do we need to learn about fractions? iv. What is the most difficult part of using fractions? 4. Give students a few minutes to write down ideas for each question in their Math notebooks. 5. Ask students to continue to think about these questions and what they already know about fractions as they watch the BrainPop video. 6. Show the BrainPop video about fractions where Moby throws birthday party and needs to cut his cake fairly for all of his guests. Vocabulary 7. Introduce the three parts of every fraction by drawing a large 1/3 fraction on the chart paper and asking students to name the three parts, numerator, denominator, and fraction bar (or division bar). Ask students to read the definition of each part of the fraction. 8. Display the list of unit vocabulary words and assign students words based on ability (more complex words for higher level students) and hand out vocabulary expert sheets. 9. Explain that each student must become the class expert on one important fraction word. As the class expert, it will be their responsibility to teach the class its meaning, some examples, and its importance in our understanding of fractions. Students who are absent or need extra help will be sent to the expert for instruction. Assistance and Associations Phase Making Connections 10. Gather students on the rug with blank chart paper ready on the easel. 11. Ask students to name specific instances both in and out of school where fractions are necessary. As students think of the examples allow them to add them to the Fraction Action poster. 12. Discuss the different skills and applications for fractions that require comparison, measurement, sharing, and computation. Encourage every student to contribute to the poster even if they share an idea that another student had.

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Monitoring Understanding 13. Distribute pre-assessment. Explain to students that this assessment will give them a preview of the skills and expectations for the unit. They should do they best they can for each problem, and if they get stuck or dont understand a problem to just guess and indicate what they did not understand. Reflection and Readiness for Application: Thinking Talking and Writing about Learning 14. Students will add to their responses to the unit guiding questions in their notebooks following the assessment. Volunteers will answer questions on camera. Notebooks are left open each afternoon to be checked.