BlendEd Best Practices: Multiplication of a Fraction by a Whole Number and Other Fractions 4th Grade
Overview
This resource was created by Eric Uher in collaboration with Karen Dux as part of the 2019-20 ESU-NDE Digital Age Pedagogy Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Unit Plans promoting BlendEd Learning Best Practices. This Unit Plan is designed for Grade 4 math.
Unit Plan
BlendEd Learning Best Practices
Unit Title: Multiplication of a Fraction by a Whole Number and Other Fractions
Content Area Skills: MA 4.1.1.j & 4.1.2.g
Digital Age Skills: 1c: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Duration of Unit: 6 class days
Unit Author: Eric Uher
BlendEd Coach: Karen Dux
Overview of Unit: In this unit students will be working with fractions in terms of multiplying them and finding ways they will be using them in their daily lives.
Empower Learners | |
| Empower Learners is a transitional segment to Cyclical Unit Design. The purpose is to both Review prior learning and Preview upcoming learning. |
| Learning Objectives | |
| Content Area Skills: | Student Friendly Learning Objectives: |
| Multiplying fractions by whole number and other fractions | The student will be able to multiply fractions by whole numbers and fractions by fractions. |
| Organize Fractional Number Stories | The student will master an organizational skill for data found in different number story problems |
| Empower Learner Activity | |
| Detailed Description Use self-assessment page that comes with the test on the first day and then just before the test. (self-assessment, goal sheet, action plan). At the end of the self-assessment ask the students, “What is one thing you will do differently in this unit.” After the unit, ask yourself, “Did it work? Why or why not.” | |
| Link to Empower Learner Activity |
This is to review where they are at in other skills that were covered previously and lets me know what I may need to go over and review in the future. We will focus mainly on 2 and 3 for this plan.
Knowledge Application | |
| The purpose of Knowledge Application is to promote deeper-level learning through student creation of learning artifacts demonstrating both Content Area and Digital Age Skills. A key goal is to provide some degree of control over how students will show what they know. |
| Artifact Profile | ||
| Title of the Artifact: Three Fruit Salad Lesson part 1 and 2 (2 day) | ||
| Detailed Description: 1. Students will click on the link and see the rubric for all their points. Inside the rubric there is another link to the 3 fruit salad recipe. They will need to fill that out and answer the questions on the bottom of the page. At the end of the day, they should be finished with it and share it with the teacher.. 2. On the second day the students will practice presenting to each other and on Seesaw where they will explain what the recipe is and how they were able to know how many ingredients they would need for each student to get a serving. They will talk more in depth about the other questions there as well. | ||
| Content Area Skills Addressed:-Multiplying fractions-Using words and drawings to show understanding of multiplying fractions on Seesaw | Digital Age Skills Addressed:1c: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways. | Link to Rubric: |
Knowledge Deepening | |
| During Knowledge Deepening, the Content Area Skills required of the Learning Artifact are broken down into bite-sized tasks. A key goal is to provide some degree of choice over how students practice the Content Area Skills. |
| Task 1: | ||
| Description: A choice board where the students must do a Seesaw Activity for each standard, but they can choose which other task they would like to do. | ||
| Must Do’s:Seesaw Activity | May Do’s:Study Island or Game | Resources: Unit 7 Choice Board |
Direct Instruction | |
| Direct Instruction scaffolds the learning process for all students. A key goal is to incorporate BlendEd strategies to effectively differentiate instruction in order to maximize learning. |
| Learning Path | |||
| Day # | Description | BlendEd Model | Resources |
| 1 | Exploring Fraction Multiplication Situations | Whole Group, Flex to facilitate Small Group | Multiplying Fraction Word Problems |
| 2 | A Fraction as a Multiple of a Unit Fraction | Whole Group, Flex to facilitate Small Group | Fraction of a Whole |
| 3 | Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers | Whole Group, Flex to facilitate Small Group | Visual of Fraction and Whole Number being Multiplied |
| 4 | Multiplying Mixed Numbers by Whole Numbers | Station Rotation | Video Review |
| 5 | Three Fruit Salad Day 1: Use fraction tools to create salads recipes | Small Group | 3 fruit salad recipe |
| 6 | Three Fruit Salad Day 2: Students discuss problem-solving strategies and fix them. | Whole Group, Small Group, Individual | Artifact |