Name: Meredith Wall

Date and Time of Lesson: February 17, 2016 at 9:30 am

Grade Level: Third

Number of Students: 23

Fresh Baked Fractions Lesson

Standard: 3.NSF.1 Develop an understanding of fractions (i.e., denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) as
numbers.
a. A fraction 1 (called a unit fraction) is the quantity formed by one part when a
whole is partitioned into equal parts;
Objective: The student will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of fractions.
Assessments:
The objective will be assessed as students complete the Fresh Baked Fractions activity.
(Formative)
The objective will be assessed through the completion of the Exit Slip (Summative)
Accommodations: Struggling students will be allowed to work with their group members while
completing the Fresh Baked Fractions activity if needed
Materials:

5 Fresh Baked Fractions order sheets (see attachment)

23 pizza pie charts (see attachment)
23 Exit Slips (see attachment)
4 colored pencils for each student (yellow, red, brown, grey)

Instructional Sequence
Introduction and Assessment of Prior Knowledge (10 minutes)
Today we will be using a fraction to describe a part of a whole, and then we will be using
pictures of a whole to represent a fraction.
First we will review the definition of a fraction and its two main parts.
The teacher will then review with the students the following definitions

Fraction : Something we use to represent equal parts of a whole

Numerator: Shows how many equal parts are described
Denominator: Shows the total number of equal parts in a whole

Teacher Modeling (20 Minutes)

The teacher will then use images such as the ones below to introduce the concept to the students.

The teacher will first explain to the students the idea of a whole. After this the teacher will
introduce how to write a fraction based on the equivalent parts described in a whole
The teacher will do so by asking the following questions

How many equal parts are there in the whole? This is the Denominator
How many of these equal parts of the whole ARE shaded? This is the Numerator

After the students have a firm understanding of this concept the teacher will then ask the students
another series of questions

How many parts are there in the whole? This is the Denominator
How many of these equal parts of the whole are NOT shaded? This is the Numerator

Guided Practice (5 Minutes)

The teacher will then lead the students in guided practice by asking another series of questions
like those above
Independent Practice (15 Minutes)
The students will then complete the Fresh Baked Fractions activity (in table groups if needed).
The teacher will distribute the pizza pie chart (see attachment) to each student and a Fresh Baked
Fractions order sheet (see attachment) to each table group. The students will complete this
activity by using the order sheet to color the corresponding pizza.
Closure (5 Minutes)
The students will complete the Exit Slip (see attachment)
Monitoring
This will occur as the teacher circulates the room while students complete their Fresh Baked
Fractions activity
Reflection
To be completed after the lesson is presented

Fresh Baked Fractions

Order #1
Color Key
Pepperoni
Mushroom-Grey
Cheese
Pepperoni-Red

Order #3
3/8 Cheese
2/8 Mushroom
1/8 Pepperoni

Cheese-Yellow
2/8 Sausage
Sausage-Brown
Order #2

Order #4

Mushroom

2/6 Cheese

Pepperoni

3/6 Sausage

Cheese
Sausage

1/6 Pepperoni

Exit Slip
Name ___________________________________________

1. Write the fraction that represents the shaded part of the whole. __________
2. Write the fraction that represents the non-shaded part of the
whole.__________
Shade 2/3 of the circle.

Shade 3/5 of the pentagon.