Lesson Plan: Unit Fractions: Halves, Thirds, and Quarters Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to draw, recognize, and write unit fractions to name one-half, one-third, and one-quarter of a shape using fraction notation.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand that means 1 out of a total of ,
- write a unit fraction for a half, a quarter, or a third,
- create a fraction that shows a half, a quarter, or a third,
- use the terms numerator and denominator correctly.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- finding halves, quarters, and thirds of shapes,
- the terms half, quarter, third, part, and whole,
- describing fractions as equal parts of a whole.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- nonunit fractions,
- fractions of amounts,
- equivalent fractions.