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Lesson Purpose

To introduce fractions in order for students to build on prior knowledge and expand toward calculation with them

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Lesson Objectives

 At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

·         Partition a whole into equal parts and define the equal parts to identify the unit fraction numerically.

Student Target

“I can divide shapes into equal parts.”

CCR Focus Standards

Number and Ratios - Level B

• 3.NF.1

  Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
  

Supporting Standards

• 2.G.1

  Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
  

• 3.NF.2

  Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.
  

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