The Rational Number Project (RNP) advocates teaching fractions using a model that ...
The Rational Number Project (RNP) advocates teaching fractions using a model that emphasizes multiple representations and connections among different representations.
Initial Fraction Ideas include developing meaning for fractions using a part-whole model, constructing informal ordering strategies based on mental representations for fractions, creating meaning for equivalence concretely, and adding and subtracting fractions using concrete models. Initial Fraction Ideas do not include formal algorithms, and instruction with formal algorithms was not part of this original RNP curriculum module.
The first of these word problems is a multiplication problem involving equal-sized ...
The first of these word problems is a multiplication problem involving equal-sized groups. The next two reflect the two related division problems, namely, "How many groups?" and "How many in each group?"
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one ...
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: One day, Frog and Toad were sitting together on a lily pad. Some lily pads were in a line across the pond. In the morning, Frog hopped three lily pads ...
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one ...
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.
In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues ...
In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues and monuments. They use chalk to see what happens when limestone is placed in liquids with different pH values. They also learn several things that engineers are doing to reduce the effects of acid rain.
Students work in pairs to measure length by lining up cubes along ...
Students work in pairs to measure length by lining up cubes along the longest side of an item. They count and record length by counting the number of cubes.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Digit and the CyberSquad learn that ...
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Digit and the CyberSquad learn that equations are balanced when the same number is on each side. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad searches for a kidnapper using ...
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad searches for a kidnapper using their only clues: a footprint and a handprint. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
When students plot irrational numbers on the number line, it helps reinforce ...
When students plot irrational numbers on the number line, it helps reinforce the idea that they fit into a number system that includes the more familiar integer and rational numbers.
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one ...
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.
Students create patterns using pattern blocks. Then they pose a question to ...
Students create patterns using pattern blocks. Then they pose a question to their peers like, öWhat fraction of my shape is red? Students describe their answers geometrically, verbally, and in writing.
Students construct rockets from balloons propelled along a guide string. They use ...
Students construct rockets from balloons propelled along a guide string. They use this model to learn about Newton's three laws of motion, examining the effect of different forces on the motion of the rocket.
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