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Title - Fractions with Kidspiration
By - Heather
Primary Subject - Math
Secondary Subjects - Computers & Internet
Grade Level - 2
Topic/Unit:
Content:Basic Fractions and Fraction Equivalencies
Benchmarks:
NM-NUM.3-5.1: Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
- Strand IV - Number Sense and Numeration
- Strand V - Numerical and Algebraic Operations and Analytical Thinking
Learning Resources and Materials:
- Computer
- Kidspiration computer software
Development of Lesson:
Introduction:
- Talk about different common fractions.
- Explain how fractions are found and used in the real world.
- Give examples of equivalent fractions.
- Ask students for examples of equivalent fractions.
Methods/Procedures:
- Have students get into pairs.
- Have the students use different types of manipulatives to demonstrate different fractions and equivalencies.
- Have students move to different centers all based on fractions.
- Have the Kidspiration fraction activity as one of the centers.
- The Kidspiration Center gives an example of a whole and what half of a whole would look like, and what one-third of a whole would look like, and asks for different ways to make one-half and one-third.
Accommodations/Adaptations:
- Using centers for the kinesthetic learner.
- Having someone read the directions aloud or having sound incorporated into the Kidspiration Center.
- For a more challenging Kidspiration Center, have the students create their own fractions and equivalencies.
- Use the results from the Kidspiration activity to gauge how well students understood the concept and if they reached the benchmarks.
Closure:
- Have students share their ideas with the whole class. Ask students to give examples of equivalent fractions and write them on the blackboard.
- Use student responses to make curriculum decisions and decide whether more practice and instruction is necessary.
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