Teaching Plan

Teacher Name Amanda Yost Date March 18, 2019

Subject Area Math Grade 3 (Microteach)
Topic Intro to Fractions Time 15 mins

Students will be able to:

Learning Objec- Identify the components of a fraction
tives Learn the names of some common fractions
What do you want your stu- Visually see what different fractions look like (in a circle or rectangle)
dents to learn?

Assessment Students will draw what each of the fraction examples look like in a circle or
How will you know your rectangle on white board (or paper)
students have learned?

Materials - Projector screen (for power point pictures)

What resources will you - White boards (or paper with plastic covers)
need? - Markers (white board or regular)

Put visuals of fractions on the projector (powerpoint pictures)

- include both number and circle representations

Ask students to raise their hand if they know what these are. (“Can anyone tell me what
these are?”)
Introduction
(how will you “hook” stu-
dents? ) Tell the class they are looking at a few examples of fractions
- Allow about 5 students to come up to write an example on the board
Time: 2 mins
Explain the goal for the lesson
- learn the different parts of a fraction
- how to pronounce some common fractions
- use materials to become familiar with what different fractions (portions) of a circle or
rectangle look like (tangible part of activity)

ED 2500 – Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Deborah Yawney
 Preparing (1 minute)
1. Set up powerpoint on projector

(Intro) Prompting Questions (2 minutes)

1.Ask if anyone knows what is being shown on the board (visuals of fractions) — tell
them fractions
2.Ask if anyone knows some different ways we use fractions (measuring ingredients for
cooking or baking, how to cut a cake into equal pieces, money)

Teach the different parts of a fraction (1 minute)

Body 1.The top is called the numerator.
Learning activity or se- 2.The bottom is called the denominator.
quence of activities. )
3.You can refer to the numerator as ‘the part’ of something you want, and the denomi-
nator as ‘the whole’.
Time: 10 mins
Teach how to pronounce a couple common fractions (2 minutes)
1.First, 1/2 (one half, half)
2.Second, 1/3 (one third, a third)
3.Third, 1/4 (one quarter, a quarter)

Get students to become familiar by using white boards to show the common fractions
(5 minutes)
1.Have them write the number representation of the fraction(s)
2.Have them draw the portions of a circle of the fraction(s)

Closure (2 minutes)
Closure Confirm that the students have:
- learned the parts of a fraction (point and ask)
- know how to pronounce the simple fractions
Time: - learned how to draw fractions and which shapes are most appropriate (write out the
examples)

Notes and Ideas

ED 2500 – Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Deborah Yawney