What is the One?

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In this lesson, students will explore fractional relationships using pattern blocks and explain how relationships change when the one (unit) changes. The lesson includes "Connecting Learning" questions and worksheets to make a "What is the One?" book.

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Contributed by: AIMS Education Foundation, Publisher

This resource is included in the following PD Collection(s):
Getting Off to a Good Start with FractionsThis collection is the first of a series that addresses the importance of helping students to construct a solid foundation for fractions. Unit fraction, equal shares, partitioning and iterating, identifying and making wholes are presented as appropriate concepts to begin instruction. Resources include several studies with recommendations for best practices and teaching strategies, as well as some virtual manipulatives to aid implementation. The collection also supports specialists and teachers as they explore ways to address common difficulties and misconceptions.

Math TopicNumber Sense, Fractions, Mathematical Practices, Mathematical Processes

Grade Level3, 4, 5

Resource TypeActivity, Lesson Plans

Additional Information
- AudienceEducator
- LanguageEnglish (USA)
- Education Topic
- Interdisciplinary Connection
- Professional DevelopmentNo
- ContributorAIMS Education Foundation, Publisher
- Publication Date2005
- RightsCopyright (c) 2011 AIMS Education Foundation
  http://www.aimsedu.org/activities/
- AccessFree access
Standards
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
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- Standards for Mathematical Practice[K-12]
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.[K-12]
- Look for and make use of structure.[K-12]
- Number and Operations—Fractions[3 - 5]
- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.[3]
- 1. Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.[3]
- 3. Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.[3]
- d. Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.[3]

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What is the One?

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics