Windsor Spring Elementary

Grade/Subject: 1st Grade

Math
Teachers: Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Starling-Scruggs, Ms. Whitehorne
Title: Unit 3: Understanding Shapes and Fractions

Big Idea(s):

By the conclusion of this unit, students should be

able to demonstrate the following competencies:
Sort shapes into groups made up of members sharing the same
attributes.
Compare shapes based on attributes.
Find and name shapes in the environment.
Use shapes to create representations of items in the environment.
Compose and decompose shapes.
Create shapes, both 2 and 3 dimensional.
Divide a collection of objects into equal parts (halves, fourths).
Divide wholes into equal parts (halves, fourths).
Locate where a number lives on a number line and tell who its
neighbors are.
Locate where a fraction (halves, fourths) lives on a number line.

Dates: Dec. 15-19, 2014

Unit Standards

MCC1.G.1 Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are

closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color,
orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining
attributes.
MCC1.G.2 Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares,
trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or threedimensional shapes(cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular
cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and
compose new shapes from the composite shape.
MCC1.G.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal
shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and
quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of.
Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for
these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates
smaller shares.
SELECTED TERMS AND SYMBOLS

attribute circle cone cube cylinder fourths fractions halves partition quadrilateral quarters rectangular prism sphere triangle
whole

Enduring Understandings:
The properties of shapes make them alike or
different.
Some shapes have sides, angles, and faces
which can be counted.
Patterns can be created, extended, and
transferred through the use of geometric
shapes.
Location of shapes can be described using
positional words.
Equal means being of the same size,
quantity, or value.

Skills/Concepts to maintain:

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Essential Questions:

What are attributes? How can shapes be sorted?

How are shapes used in our world? Where can we find shapes in the real world?
What makes shapes different from each other?
How can we group certain shapes together? Why do they belong together?
How can I create a shape?
How do shapes fit together and come apart?
How can a shape be described?
What can I do with shapes?
How do I organize shapes?
What is a 2-dimensional shape? What is a 3-dimensional shape?
How are shapes alike and different?
How can we divide shapes into equal parts? How can we be sure that we have equal parts?
Why is it important to divide into equal parts?
How can you show half of something? How do we know when parts are equal?
How can we divide shapes into equal parts?
What is half of a whole? What is a fourth of a whole? How can you divide shapes into halves and
fourths?
How can a quantity be shared? How can things be divided into equal parts?

Sorting shapes into groups

Positional terms
Find and name shapes in the environment
Compose and decompose shapes
Identify two and three dimensional geometric shapes

Calendar Time: (8:20 8:40)

December:
Calendar: months of the year, identify attributes of triangles, ordinal numbers to 30
Clock: read minute/hour hand, match daily event with time of the day
Coin Counter: value of penny and nickel, solve problems with these coins
Counting Tape and Ten Grid: sums of 5 & 10, see number patterns
Daily Depositor: model place value, quantities to 30
Measurement: estimate/measure using nonstandard units
Number Talks: (8:20-8:40)
Counting All/ Counting On with Dot Images (pages 99-100)

Stage Two: Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks/Projects:
Culminating Task: Who Am I?

Other assessments:

FALS Assessments: None for this unit

Summative Assessment: Unit 3 http://ccgpsmathematicsk5.wikispaces.com/K-5+Formative+Assessment+Lessons+%28FALs%29
Envisions Assessments

Stage Three: Learning Plan

Be very specific in explaining and describing activities/performance in which students will complete
Best Practices
Procedure
Instructional Strategies

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MONDAY

Modeling and
Demonstrations
Unit 3 Frameworks: Task
17
Whole Group Mini-Lesson:
1. Model creating a picture
using a geoboard. You
can use an interactive
geoboard like
http://www.mathplaygrou
nd.com/geoboard.html if
you do not have a
document camera.
2. As you are creating your
picture, think aloud
about what shapes you
will use and how you will
divide those shapes into
halves and quarters.
3. When you are finished
creating your picture,
model writing a story
describing the shapes
and fractions depicted.
(There is an example on
frameworks page 93, but I
dont think it is a very good
example.)

Windsor Spring Elementary

Below-Level
Brianna
Alicia
ZaNiyah
Raquez
On-Level
Dameon
Cameron
David
Mekari
Serenity
Brett
Jordan
ZaKiyyah
Frances
Advanced
Xiomara
Victoria
Jada
Tyriek
Math Facts
At Your Seat

1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Differentiated Small Groups

Give each student a geoboard.
Allow them time to build a variety of shapes as you call them out.
Allow them time to build a variety of fractions for each shape as well.
Have students practice making a picture using their geoboards and then orally
describing them.
Give each student a geoboard.
Allow them time to build a variety of shapes as you call them out.
Allow them time to build a variety of fractions for each shape as well.
Have students practice making a picture using their geoboards and then orally
describing them.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Give each student a geoboard.

Allow them time to build a variety of shapes as you call them out.
Allow them time to build a variety of fractions for each shape as well.
Have students practice making a picture using their geoboards and then orally
describing them.
Independent Centers
www.firstinmath.com or www.ixl.com
Draw a picture of your geoboard. Use your picture to write a description using words
and fractions.

Hands On
Geoboards
Closing: Standards Review / Essential Questions Review / Clearing up misconceptions / Students sharing knowledge
Homework:

TUESDAY

Modeling and
Demonstrations
Skittles or M & M
Fractions
*You will need individual
packets of skittles or m&ms
for this activity.
Whole Group Mini-Lesson:
1. Review fractions using
the fractions powerpoint.
2. Remind students that
fractions dont always
describe a shape that is
divided. It can
sometimes describe a
part of a group.
3. Give them the example:
There are _____ children
in our class today. _____
are girls. Write the
fraction that describes
the number of girls and
the number of boys.
4. Give the students more
examples with things
around the classroom.
(Examples: colors of
chairs, colors of clothes,
types of shoes, etc.)

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Below-Level
Brianna
Alicia
ZaNiyah
Raquez
On-Level
Dameon
Cameron
David
Mekari
Serenity
Brett
Jordan
ZaKiyyah
Frances
Advanced
Xiomara
Victoria
Jada
Tyriek
Math Facts
At Your Seat
Hands On
Closing: Standards Review /

1.
2.
3.

4.

Differentiated Small Groups

Give each student a packet of candy. Have the student open the candy and
count how many pieces they have. (You may want to provide a small plate so the
candy doesnt roll onto the floor or into someone elses pile.)
Have the student sort the candy by color and write the number of each color on
the worksheet provided.
Use this to help the students write fractions of how many they had of each color.
They may need this modeled first. Explain that the total number of pieces they
have goes on the bottom of the fraction. The number of a particular color goes
on the top.
Ask students questions about their data:

Which color had the most?

Which color had the least?

What does the whole bag of candy represent? (the whole)

What do the pieces of candy represent? (the parts)

Independent Centers
www.firstinmath.com or www.ixl.com
Finish pizza fraction craft
Pizza Fractions Game
Essential Questions Review / Clearing up misconceptions / Students sharing knowledge

Homework:

Teacher notes / lesson reflections:

Modeling and
Demonstrations

WEDNESDAY

Christmas Tree Fractions

Whole Group Mini-Lesson:
1. Review fractions using
the fractions flipchart.

Differentiated Small Groups

Give each student a large piece of construction paper and three Christmas trees
(diecuts).
2. Explain that students are going to draw some ornaments on the Christmas trees.

On the first Christmas tree, students are going to color half of their
Brianna
ornaments red.
Alicia

On the second Christmas tree, students are going to color a quarter

ZaNiyah
Raquez
of their ornaments blue.

On the third Christmas tree, students are going to color a third of

their ornaments purple.
1. Give each student a large piece of construction paper and three Christmas trees
On-Level
(diecuts).
2. Explain that students are going to draw some ornaments on the Christmas trees.
Dameon

On the first Christmas tree, students are going to color half of their
Cameron
David
ornaments red.
Mekari
Serenity
Brett

On the second Christmas tree, students are going to color a quarter

Jordan
ZaKiyyah
of their ornaments blue.
Frances
3. On the third Christmas tree, students are going to color a third of their
ornaments purple.
Advanced
1. Give each student a large piece of construction paper and three Christmas trees
(diecuts).
2. Explain that students are going to draw some ornaments on the Christmas trees.

On the first Christmas tree, students are going to color half of their
Xiomara
ornaments red.
Victoria
Jada

On the second Christmas tree, students are going to color a quarter

Tyriek
of their ornaments blue.
3. On the third Christmas tree, students are going to color a third of their
ornaments purple.
Independent Centers
Math Facts
www.firstinmath.com
At Your Seat
Label your fractions
Hands On
Geoboards
Closing: Standards Review / Essential Questions Review / Clearing up misconceptions / Students sharing knowledge
Below-Level

1.

Homework:
Teacher notes / lesson reflections:

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THURSDAY

Modeling and
Demonstrations
Playdough Fractions
Whole Group Mini-Lesson:
1. Review fractions with
students by displaying
pictures of fractions and
having the students
describe which fraction is
displayed.

Below-Level
Brianna
Alicia
ZaNiyah
Raquez
On-Level
Cameron
Dameon
Mekari
David
Brett
Jordan
Serenity
Frances
Advanced
Xiomara
Victoria
Jada
Tyriek

1.
2.

Give each student a fractions sorting sheet and a piece of construction paper to
complete the sort.

1.

Give each student some playdough and a plastic knife. Have the students show
one whole, one half, one fourth using their playdough.

2.

Give each student a fractions sorting sheet and a piece of construction paper to
complete the sort.
Give each student some playdough and a plastic knife. Have the students show
one whole, one half, one fourth using their playdough.

1.
2.

Give each student a fractions sorting sheet and a piece of construction paper to
complete the sort.
Independent Centers
Math Facts
www.firstinmath.com or www.ixl.com
At Your Seat
Fractions sort
Hands On
Explore with fractional parts using pattern blocks and other manipulatives.
Closing: Standards Review / Essential Questions Review / Clearing up misconceptions / Students sharing knowledge
Homework:
Teacher notes / lesson reflections:

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Differentiated Small Groups

Give each student some playdough and a plastic knife. Have the students show
one whole, one half, one fourth using their playdough.

FRIDAY

Modeling and
Demonstrations
Whole Group Mini-Lesson:
Polar Express Day
Curriculum Links:
Polar Express: Count,
Graph, Tally
Hot Chocolate
Addition
Polar Express
Hundreds Chart
Mystery Picture

Differentiated Small Groups

Below-Level
Brianna
Alicia
ZaNiyah
Raquez
On-Level
Dameon
Cameron
David
Mekari
Serenity
Brett
Jordan
Frances
Advanced
Xiomara
Victoria
Jada
Tyriek
Independent Centers
www.firstinmath.com
Worksheet
Explore with making sets that show half and not half with a variety of manipulatives.
Hands On
They can record some examples on the Half and Not Half sheet (Framworks pg. 64)
Closing: Standards Review / Essential Questions Review / Clearing up misconceptions / Students sharing knowledge
Math Facts
At Your Seat

Homework:
Teacher notes / lesson reflections:

Differentiated Instruction Groups Below

mCLASS/easyCBM/PARS Differentiated Groups
Data Driven:

Data Driven:

Data Driven:

Strategic / Intensive

Strategic / Intensive /

Strategic

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Data Driven:

Intensive

/ Strategic

Intensive

/Advanced
Will determine groups based on
DIBELS scores

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Advanced

Advanced

Advanced