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Instructional Software

Lesson Idea Name: Parts of a Whole – Fractions Are Cool

Content Area: Mathematics

Grade Level(s): Third Grade

Content Standard Addressed: MGSE3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions through reasoning with visual
fraction models. Compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

For this lesson, we will work as a class to understand what a fraction is and demonstrate/model parts of a
fraction. Students will select a book about fractions and work independently to answer a quiz at the end of
the book regarding fraction content, such as parts of a whole, parts of a fraction and understanding mixed
numbers.

Selected Technology Tool: Epic

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable and goes directly to the lesson):

https://www.getepic.com/app/search

Type of Instructional Software:

☐ Drill and Practice ☐ Tutorial ☐ Simulation ☐ Instructional Game e-books/e-references

Features of this software (check all that apply):

Assessment Monitoring/Reporting

Allows teacher to create customized lessons for students

Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in the class

Multi-user or collaborative with others outside the class

Accessible to students beyond the school day

Accessible via mobile devices

Multiple languages

Safety, security and/or privacy features

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Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating ☐ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

☐ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-driven.
Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.

☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL): For this lesson, students will be able to not only communicate and
engage in a discussion between their peers regarding fraction content, but also work independently in a
reading task to self-assess their knowledge about fraction content. To support all students’ UDL within this
lesson, students will have the option to wear headphones to assist with their reading as well as reading
markers to follow along to the text. As students are engaged in the reading task, they will be allowed to use
note paper to mark specific information that is important within the text itself. The software use of Epic
allows for all students to receive the assistive support needed for their learning experience as they are
presented with text that align with visual representation, such as illustrations of fractions in real world
context and visual numbers to match each part of the fraction they are observing.

Lesson idea implementation: To begin the lesson, we as a class will engage in a discussion about the parts of
a fraction, such as a numerator and denominator. Students will be able to give a description of both as it
pertains to a whole number. From this, the teacher will present visual representations from both fraction
strips and fraction circles on the Smart Board, and the teacher will lead a discussion to determine what each
shaded figure represents. For the closing activity, students will log in to the class account on Epic, and have a
selection of three preselected books, Whole-y Cow Fractions Are Fun, A Fractions-Goal Parts of a Whole, or
How Many Ways Can You Cut a Pie. From this selection, students will select one book that interests them and
engage in a private reading time through content of a fraction in story form. At the end of each book,
students will take part in a five-question quiz based on the math content presented in the book they have
selected. As students have completed the quiz, results from each student will be individually added to the
class roster account.

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Reflective Practice: To extend the lesson further, I would engage students in a media task through Seesaw.
Students would start by working independently to share what their meaning of a fraction is, and the parts of a
fraction – the ways in which they share can be open for the student to choose, such as typed response, video,
or visual creation. Students would then work together in groups based on the book selection chosen, to share
a video response to what they have learned form their book. Students can reenact what occurred within their
story but would be encouraged to share mathematical content as it pertains to what was learned from the
lesson. Once responses are shared, students will be asked to look through other students/groups’ responses
and comment on what they have liked from their book, sharing similarities and differences, and comparing
two fractions that were mentioned (how do the two fractions come from one whole.)

TFrazier, 2021

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