Grade 3 – Number and Operations – Fractions

Lesson Title Content Focus Language Objective Language Type
Comparing Fractions Comparing Fractions SWBAT use the following words to compare fractions: Greater than, less than, equal to. Grammar
Fractions of a Set Fractions Students will explain why they divided the set into a particular number of equal groups using the language frame: I divided the set into____ groups because ______. Key Vocabulary: numerator, denominator, set, equal groups. Grammar, Language Functions
Fractions of a Set 2 Adding Fractions Students will explain how they know that a part of a cookie is, for example, ¾ of the cookie. Students will explain how ½ +1/4 = 6/8. (H.O.T. objective). Language Functions
Solving Simple Equations with Manipulatives  Solving Equations SWBAT Explain why to solve an equation they need to do the same operation to both sides and translate a given equation in kn=b format into a word problem Language Functions
Shoes in a Closet numbers and operations SWBAT read the real-world problem independently, select unfamiliar phrases or words from the real-world problem and use prior knowledge to make sense of unfamiliar words.  Grammar
Social Justice  data analysis SWBAT explain the meaning of “items per 1,000 people”, provide basic descriptions of “half as many,” “patterns,” and “scale” using mathematical language and discuss why certain countries have higher standards of livings than other countries. Grammar, Language Functions