Lesson 3

Aim: eighths
Time: 1 hour

Lesson Phase
Orientation /Introduction

Teaching
strategy/Learning
Activities

Activity
Reflection and discussion of
halves and quarters
Introduce the concept of eighths

Students as to estimate where

they though a half and quarter of
a licorice strip was
Looking at strategies they may
use to estimate
Using the interactive whiteboard
students draw a line on the strip
and discussed the best way of
cutting into eighths

Objective

Students justify
response
Use problem
solving and
higher order
thinking
Apply theory

Conclusion /Closure

Using the app Robo Fractions;

students use the knowledge learnt
from previous lessons and apply
within the app.

Apply theory
Developing ICT
skills
Gardner (1992)
approach of
combining
multiple learning
styles.
Independent
learning