This lesson offers teachers the opportunity to listen to ways in which students notice and describe sharing and understanding fractions as division. After the Warm-up, students create their own Notice and Wonder activity and then facilitate their Notice and Wonder with other students in the class. Students can draw pictures or find images to use for their Notice and Wonder from books or other sources, as the teacher determines.
Engagement
MLR8
Create (in writing) and present a Notice and Wonder activity.
Creemos una actividad tipo “Observa y pregúntate”.
Gather books, magazines, or other print materials with images for each group of 2 students.
Each group of 2 needs a few books, magazines, or other print materials with images.
Suggested Centers
None
Teacher Reflection Questions
What do you love most about math? How are you sharing that joy with your students and encouraging them to think about what they love about math?
Standards Alignment
Building On
Addressing
5.NF.B.3
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator . Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret as the result of dividing by , noting that multiplied by equals , and that when wholes are shared equally among people each person has a share of size . If people want to share a -pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator . Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret as the result of dividing by , noting that multiplied by equals , and that when wholes are shared equally among people each person has a share of size . If people want to share a -pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?