This lesson is for : Grade 1:
Summary
Students will identify situations where fractions are portrayed and/or have been used in their world. They will realize the importance of fractions as they relate to real life situations the students encounter. Students will use their surroundings, various classroom materials, trade books, and available technology to learn about fractions. The students will identify the parts of a set and/or region that represent fractions for halves, thirds, and fourths and write the fraction. Students will collaborate with classmates to identify and design such fractions. They will write fractions using numbers. Students will create a video in which they share their knowledge and understanding with others.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating: Developing – Explanation: The students are assembling and organizing information to address an authentic task when they manipulate materials to divide evenly among a specific number of “people”, divide themselves, as a class, evenly in a specific number of parts, create a project that displays their understanding of equal parts.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: The students work with a partner of their choosing as they use digital tools to communicate their ideas and complete a class assignment. They explore options and collaborate on the best way to produce models of specific fractions and share their ideas. The students use Pixie on the iPads to draw pictures, take pictures, or use clip art to represent their fractions and then explain the fraction. The finished videos are saved to the camera roll, uploaded to Dropbox, and shared with other classes. Students reflected on their roles as collaborators on the project rubric.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Throughout the daily lessons, students are required to explain their responses concerning equal parts and elaborate on the fractions they have created and or identified. On their final projects, the students record their voices as they identify and give reasons to support their designs of various fractions. Students used Pixie on the iPads to assist them with thinking critically to find different ways to show parts of a whole.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students analyzed fractions around their classroom, school, and homes to get ideas for their fraction videos. Students were provided with the tool (Pixie on the iPads), but within Pixie had the freedom to draw pictures, take pictures, or use clip art. The only guidelines were that all the different parts of a whole and the whole itself needed to be represented in their finished movie. They created meaningful original videos that demonstrated their understanding of fractions.
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