Title: LESSON 7: Multiplying Fractions
Lesson Overview: Students will learn how to multiply proper, improper, and mixed fractions.
Resources or Materials Needed:
Teachers: Activboard Multiplication Lesson, computer, Elmo (document camera), example multiplication foldable, Fraction Review Task Cards
Students: math toolkit, individual whiteboard, marker and eraser, student worksheets, scissors, markers, foldable, cellphone/iPads
Technology: Cell phones/iPads
Lesson Standards:
USOE Mathematics Fifth Grade Number and Operations Fractions 4:
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction
Lesson Objectives:
Performance Objective 6: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions, involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, without a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
Performance Objective 7: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, with a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
Time: Approximately 1 hour
Lesson Overview: Students will learn how to multiply proper, improper, and mixed fractions.
Resources or Materials Needed:
Teachers: Activboard Multiplication Lesson, computer, Elmo (document camera), example multiplication foldable, Fraction Review Task Cards
Students: math toolkit, individual whiteboard, marker and eraser, student worksheets, scissors, markers, foldable, cellphone/iPads
Technology: Cell phones/iPads
Lesson Standards:
USOE Mathematics Fifth Grade Number and Operations Fractions 4:
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction
Lesson Objectives:
Performance Objective 6: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions, involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, without a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
Performance Objective 7: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, with a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
Time: Approximately 1 hour
Step 1: Pre-instructional activities:
· Students will get out their math toolkits
· Teacher will pass out Multiplying Fractions foldables
· Teacher will put example on Elmo and explain as students copy down information
· Teacher will put some basic multiplication equations on the board as review
· Students will glue in foldable and multiplication practice paper
· Students will get out their math toolkits
· Teacher will pass out Multiplying Fractions foldables
· Teacher will put example on Elmo and explain as students copy down information
· Teacher will put some basic multiplication equations on the board as review
· Students will glue in foldable and multiplication practice paper
Multiplying Fraction Flipbook Foldable | |
File Size: | 1022 kb |
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Step 2: Content presentation:
· Teacher will pass out guided notes for Multiplying Fractions Lesson
· Teacher will open Multiplying Fractions lesson on ActivBoard
· Students will follow along on their guided notes
· Students will learn that when you multiply fractions, you multiply straight across for both the denominator and numerator
· Teacher will pass out guided notes for Multiplying Fractions Lesson
· Teacher will open Multiplying Fractions lesson on ActivBoard
· Students will follow along on their guided notes
· Students will learn that when you multiply fractions, you multiply straight across for both the denominator and numerator
Multiplying Fractions PowerPoint | |
File Size: | 1029 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Multiplying Fractions Guided Notes | |
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Step 3: Learner Participation:
· Students will use their whiteboards and markers
· Teacher will put a multiplication equation on the board (use practice problems attached below)
· Students will copy down the problem on their whiteboard and solve, when they have finished they will hold up their white board
· If they get it correct the first time they get 2 points
· If they get it incorrect, they have a chance to fix it and get 1 point
· Students will use their whiteboards and markers
· Teacher will put a multiplication equation on the board (use practice problems attached below)
· Students will copy down the problem on their whiteboard and solve, when they have finished they will hold up their white board
· If they get it correct the first time they get 2 points
· If they get it incorrect, they have a chance to fix it and get 1 point
Multiplying Fractions Practice Problems | |
File Size: | 61 kb |
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Step 4: Assessment:
· Performance Objective 6: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions, involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, without a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
· Performance Objective 7: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, with a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
· Performance Objective 6: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions, involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, without a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
· Performance Objective 7: When given a math worksheet of 10 fraction equations, including proper, improper, and mixed fractions involving multiplication, students will correctly solve, with a calculator, with 80% accuracy.
Performance Objective 6 | |
File Size: | 30 kb |
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Performance Objective 7 | |
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Step 5: Follow-through activities:
· Teacher will place Fraction Review Task Cards around the room
· Each card will have either an addition, subtraction, or multiplication problem
· Students will work individually and go around the room to solve the task cards
· Students will use Cell phones/iPads to check answers using QR code and QR App
· Teacher will place Fraction Review Task Cards around the room
· Each card will have either an addition, subtraction, or multiplication problem
· Students will work individually and go around the room to solve the task cards
· Students will use Cell phones/iPads to check answers using QR code and QR App
Adding and Subtracting Fraction Task Cards with QR Codes | |
File Size: | 590 kb |
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Multiplying Fractions Task Cards with QR Codes | |
File Size: | 328 kb |
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