Using Music to Teach Fractions Unit
Marisa Cabral
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Grade Levels
3rd - 6th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS3.NF.A.1
CCSS3.NF.A.3
CCSS3.NF.A.3a
CCSS3.NF.A.3b
CCSS3.NF.A.3c
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
19 pages
Marisa Cabral
10 Followers
Description
Using a music composition software, such as Noteflight.com, introduce your students to fractions using musical terminology. Students will enjoy playing with a new computer model while simultaneously learning the basics about fractions - that a whole piece can be broken up in multiple ways into pieces of different sizes.
Unit includes four days of lesson plans and resources, including:
- vocabulary cards
- practice worksheets
- unit project
- project rubric
Total Pages
19 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
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CCSS3.NF.A.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.
CCSS3.NF.A.3
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
CCSS3.NF.A.3a
Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
CCSS3.NF.A.3b
Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
CCSS3.NF.A.3c
Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram.
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