Lesson Plan of Common Fractions

Lesson Plan of Common Fractions

Subject Mathematics

Grade III

Students` Learning Outcomes

• Express the fractions in figures and vice versa.(Repeated)

Information for Teachers

• In this lesson we will practice fractions with 4 as denominator.
• Fraction means dividing equally so during activity ensure that things are divided equally into four parts by students.

• While teaching the lesson, also consult textbook where and when applicable.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, apple, playing dough/clay, piece of papers (to make different shapes), cutter, chart paper

Introduction

• Ask a student too cut an apple (or anything) in four equal parts.

• Ask him/her to give two more pieces to another friend and write its fraction; 2/4.
• Ask him/her, how much he/she has now? ¼
• Now ask him to write the fraction of all the distributed pieces; ¾.

Development

Activity 1

• Divide the class into groups of four.
• Ask each group to draw different shapes (e.g. circles, parallelograms, rectangles and triangle) on a chart paper.

• Tell them to divide each of the shapes into four equal parts.
• Ask them to colour each shape to show the following fraction,

• Ask any two volunteers groups to present their work.
• Encourage them to explain procedure by using appropriate vocabulary.

Activity 2

• Ask students to colour the diagrams according to instructions given below each diagram and write their fractions.

• Draw different shapes and colour them for the following fractions.

• Ask students to discuss completed work sheet in pairs to explain the procedure to each other.

Sum up / Conclusion

• Ask following questions to conclude the lesson.
  • • How can we write one fourth in fraction?
    • How is one fourth different from one half?
    • What does the number below the bar and above the bar, represent?
    • How many parts of a square do we need, and colour to show 1/3 and ¾.

Assessment

• Give some diagrams of shapes to students and ask them to write the value of fractions in the boxes.

Follow up

• Give some diagrams of different shapes which are divided into four, equal and unequal parts.

• Ask them to circle all those shapes which are divided into four equal parts.
• Ask students to colour them to show the given fraction.

• Ask students, “Are shapes with unequal parts can be written as fractions? If no; then explain why?
• Think of the ways we can divide a pack of biscuits with 20 biscuits, into fractions like, etc.