Clip 5/41: Standard 3: Construct Arguments & Critiques Using Fractions Part 1A
Overview
Mathematically proficient students … build a logical progression of statements to explore the truth of their conjectures.
On the first day of the learning segment, Michelle Makinson engages her learners in a math talk focused on unit fractions, combining into wholes, “parts of,” and the idea of equivalence, using manipulatives to create and explain a visual representation of a contextualized representation / word problem. Her students then share with their partners, explaining their approach. This clip also relates to standard 1 (make sense of problems & persevere in solving them), standard 5 (use appropriate tools strategically) and standard 6 (attend to precision).