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What Fraction of this Shape is Red?

This 5-minute video captures a lesson in which students create pattern block designs and use them to explore part-whole relationships. The teacher explains the purpose and implementation of the lesson, the role of manipulatives, and how the activity invites multiple representations. Included are reflection questions for the viewer and a downloadable transcript (doc). Registered users (free) may download the video....

Keywords:: CCSS, Plane Geometry, Triangles, NSDL, Conceptual Understanding, Representation, Fractions, Process Skills, Tilings and Tessellations, Geometry, Number and Operations, Concept of the Whole, Writing in Math, Visual Representation, Teaching Strategies, Common Core Pattern Block, Arithmetic, Connections, Visualization, Triangle, Mathematics, Unit Fractions, Polygons, Mathematical Language, Geometric Thinking, Writing in Mathematics, Symmetry, Education, Communication, Concept Formation

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Author:: Unknown (Know the author?)
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:: Video
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States