Fraction Top-it

Author: Nicole Good

Date created: 04/07/2014 10:50 PM EDT ; Date modified: 04/07/2014 11:40 PM EDT
VITAL INFORMATION
Total Number of Students
24 Students
Area(s) Students Live In
Free/Reduced Lunch
Ethnicity of Students
English Language Learners
Students with Special Needs
Subject(s) Mathematics
Topic or Unit of Study
Fractions/ Comparing Fractions
Grade/Level Grade 4
KEY CONCEPTS & STANDARDS
Big Idea & Essential
Questions This game will review the concept of comparing fraction by determining which fraction is larger and which one is smaller.
Learning Outcome(s)
The learner will compare fractions to see which fraction is larger using fraction cards.

Summary Students will participate in a game to review how to compare fractions with a partner.

Standards
ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics
Students will be assessed informally in this game. The teacher will walk around the class to check for understanding with
each partner group.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Instructional Materials &
Technology (handouts, etc.) -Fractions Cards
-Fraction Top-it recording sheet
IMPLEMENTATION
Sequence of Activities
1. The teacher will review ways to compare two fractions to determine which one is larger.
2. The teacher will explain how to play the game and model this also.
3. Students will get into partners determined by the teacher.
4. Gameplay will begin:
-each partner will have half of the fraction cards provided.
-each partner will put one fractin card down so both partners can see them.
-Together the partners will use strategies to determine whoch fraction is larger.
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-Whoever put down the larger fraction will pick up both cards and put them back in their pile.
-This will continue until one person run out of cards.
5. To close, the teacher will ask if any of the fractions were hard to compare and why?
Grouping Strategies
During this activity students will be grouped into partners.
Differentiated Instruction
Students who need extra help will just focus on a few cards to determine which one is larger. For students who need
more of a challenge, they will complete a worksheet that extends the topic when they are done with the game.
REFLECTIONS
Prior to Lesson
Post-Lesson
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