LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with non-negative rational numbers.

Objective 1.03

Solve problems using models, diagrams, and reasoning about fractions and relationships among fractions involving halves, fourths, eighths, thirds, sixths, twelfths, fifths, tenths, hundredths, and mixed numbers.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Eggsactly with eighteen eggs
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue to examine fractions as part of a set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Eggsactly with a dozen eggs
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students are given the opportunity to examine fractions as part of a set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Describing Designs
Students create designs and describe them to classmates using fractional and geometric terms. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Communicating about mathematics using games
This e-example from Illuminations contains an interactive version of a game that can be used in the grades 3-5 classroom to support students' learning about fractions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Class attributes
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students create their own classroom survey or use the reproducible classroom Survey handout to study the class and describe the set (class) in fractional parts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
A brownie bake
This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, focuses on student organization, preparation, and presentation of some simple foods as a way to apply various mathematical concepts, with problem-solving techniques being a central theme. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Another look at the set model using attribute pieces
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students work with sets in which the objects look different based on the idea that objects in the set are not the same size and shape. Students also use fractions to describe a set of attribute pieces. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics