Title: Introduction to Fractions

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Objectives: - Students will be able to identify and name fractions. - Students will be able to represent fractions using pictures and models. - Students will be able to compare and order fractions.

Materials: - Fraction manipulatives (circles, squares, rectangles) - Fraction cards - Whiteboard and markers - Worksheets - Scissors and glue

Procedure:

Introduction (10 minutes): 1. Begin the lesson by asking students if they have ever shared a pizza or a cake with someone. Ask them how they decided how much each person would get. 2. Explain that today, they will be learning about fractions, which are a way of representing parts of a whole.

Direct Instruction (20 minutes): 1. Show students the fraction manipulatives and explain that they will be using them to represent fractions. 2. Demonstrate how to represent a fraction using the manipulatives. For example, show them how to represent 1/2 using two circles, squares, or rectangles. 3. Have students practice representing fractions using the manipulatives. 4. Introduce fraction cards and have students match the fraction cards to the corresponding manipulatives. 5. Have students practice naming fractions using the fraction cards.

Guided Practice (20 minutes): 1. Give each student a worksheet with pictures of different objects divided into parts. 2. Have students cut out the pictures and glue them onto a separate sheet of paper. 3. Have students write the fraction that represents the shaded part of each picture. 4. Review the answers as a class.

Independent Practice (10 minutes): 1. Give each student a worksheet with fractions to compare and order. 2. Have students complete the worksheet independently. 3. Review the answers as a class.

Closure (5 minutes): 1. Review the key concepts of the lesson. 2. Ask students to share one thing they learned about fractions today.

Assessment: - Observe students during the lesson to ensure they are able to represent fractions using manipulatives and name fractions correctly. - Review the completed worksheets to assess students’ understanding of comparing and ordering fractions.