Mini-Lesson Plan

Grade Level
Standard

Materials

NF.3.c
Connection:
We have been working on adding and subtracting mixed numbers.
Teaching Point/Purpose:
Today, we are going to learn the steps in writing a mixed number as an equivalent fraction.
Teaching:
The teacher will think aloud
Why is 3 2/5 equivalents to 17/5?
I will teach you how to turn a mixed number into an equivalent fraction..

Active Engagement:
The students pratice through..
Turn and talk to a partner to explain what Ben did in each step.

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(Teacher observe students conversations to assess their understanding)

Link:
I noticed that you were able to explain the steps that Ben used to convert the mixed number into
an equivalent fraction. Today I want you to go back to your seats and practice converting the 5
mixed numbers into equivalent fractions.
Conferring and Small Group Work: Modify next steps based on noticings or informal
assessment.

Share/Closing:
Today you were able to use the steps in writing a mixed number as an equivalent fraction.

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Strategies:
Language Arts Strategy
Math Strategy
Making Connections
Concrete with Manipulatives
Making Predictions
Semi-Concrete- visual representation (drawing models
Visualizing
to represent work with manipulative)
Questioning
Semi-Abstract Using visual models and/or numerals
Determining Importance
Abstract Using algorithms
Monitoring and Clarifying
(place value, student generated etc.) or standard
Inferring
algorithms
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Strategies of Mathematical Practices
Evaluating
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Teaching:
The teacher will think aloud during
1. Demonstration
2. Guided Practice
3. Explanation with Examples
4. Inquiry

Active Engagement: The teacher will notice what students do with new learning as they.
Students could
1. Continue the work on the next part of the demonstration text
2. Transfer what they have learned to do to another class text
3. Transfer what they have learned to their own writing/reading
4. Act as researchers, naming what you have done in the demonstration
5. Find and mark a place in their own writing where they could do the work of the
demonstration