| Teacher | Kathleen Manning |
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| Subject Area | Math and Science |
| Grade Level | 4 |
| Week # | 1 |
| Unit of Instruction | Fraction Equivalence and Ordering/Energy and Motion |
| Standard(s) Taught |
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MATH: MAFS.4.NF.1.1 – Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction n X a/ n X b by using visual fraction models with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. – Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions. MAFS.4.NF.1.2 – Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators e.g.by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. – Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. – Record results of comparisons with symbols: >, <, or = and justify the conclusions by using a visual fraction model. SCIENCE: SC.4.P.10.1 – Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion. |
| Learning Targets and Learning Criteria |
Students will: – Explain, using visual fraction models, how and why fractions can be equivalent even though the number and size of the parts are not the same. – Recognize and generate equivalent fractions by partitioning number lines, rectangles, squares, and circles. – Recognize and generate equivalent fractions by using the conceptual understanding of the relationship between altering the size of the parts and the resulting effect on the number parts. – Explain that fractions can only be compared when they refer to the same sized whole. – Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators by: using benchmark fractions, reasoning about their size or location on a number line, or using visual models to create fractions with common numerators or common denominators. – Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, <, or =. – Justify the conclusions of comparisons. – Review how light travels in a straight path until interrupted by an object. – Review how light passes through other objects (transparent, translucent, opaque). – Review how light reflects, bends, absorbs. – Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion (mechanical energy). – Identify examples of these energy forms in their life and in the natural world. – Compare and contrast these types of energy. |
| Classroom Activities |
Weekly I-Ready lessons (Thursday) |
| Assignments Due |
| Additional Resources |