TEKS & Objectives
7.1 Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding.
7.4 Proportionality. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and solve problems involving proportional relationships.
We will apply mathematical thinking to quantities consisting of less than a whole.
I will represent fractional partitions.
1. Complete warmup.
2. Spotlight on vocabulary:
- Quarter means one fourth (1/4) or 1 out of 4.
- A quarter is 25 cents.
- There are 4 quarters in a dollar.
- 25 cents + 25 cents + 25 cents + 25 cents = 100 cents or $1.
Remember, a quarter is 1/4.
3. Watch video.
4. Try one the two activities below.
5. Action Fractions
- Click the basketball below to open the Action Fraction score report on the overhead.
- Each turn is partitioned into 4 throws.
- On your turn, throw the basketball 4 times, and fill in your pie chart score on the board.
6. “Fraction Fun with Halves and Fourths”
7. Complete assignment at Brainzy.
Geometry Picnic: Halves, Thirds, Quarters
Higher Numbers Card
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