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Domino Fractions
A lesson plan for Grades 5–6 Mathematics
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with non-negative rational numbers.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in adding and subtracting non-negative rational numbers (halves, fourths, eighths; thirds, sixths, twelfths; fifths, tenths, hundredths, thousandths; mixed numbers).
- Develop and analyze strategies for adding and subtracting numbers.
- Estimate sums and differences.
- Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
- Objective 1.03: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in adding and subtracting non-negative rational numbers (halves, fourths, eighths; thirds, sixths, twelfths; fifths, tenths, hundredths, thousandths; mixed numbers).
Grade 6
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
- Objective 1.03: Compare and order rational numbers.
- Objective 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers.
- Analyze computational strategies.
- Describe the effect of operations on size.
- Estimate the results of computations.
- Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with non-negative rational numbers.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in adding and subtracting non-negative rational numbers (halves, fourths, eighths; thirds, sixths, twelfths; fifths, tenths, hundredths, thousandths; mixed numbers).
- Develop and analyze strategies for adding and subtracting numbers.
- Estimate sums and differences.
- Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
- Objective 1.03: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in adding and subtracting non-negative rational numbers (halves, fourths, eighths; thirds, sixths, twelfths; fifths, tenths, hundredths, thousandths; mixed numbers).
Grade 6
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
- Objective 1.03: Compare and order rational numbers.
- Objective 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers.
- Analyze computational strategies.
- Describe the effect of operations on size.
- Estimate the results of computations.
- Judge the reasonableness of solutions.