Access Points Icon Access Point #:MA.3.A.2.Pa.a


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    • Access Point Number: MA.3.A.2.Pa.a  
      Access Point Description: Recognize parts of whole objects and parts of sets of objects.

      Access Point Category: Participatory  
      Date Adopted or Revised: 08/08  
      Big Idea BIG IDEA 2 - Develop an understanding of fractions and fraction equivalence.

  • RELATED Benchmarks (4)
    • »  MA.3.A.2.1: Represent fractions, including fractions greater than one, using area, set, and linear models.
          Depth of Knowledge: Moderate     l Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07        
          This benchmark belongs to: BIG IDEA 2

      »  MA.3.A.2.2: Describe how the size of the fractional part is related to the number of equal sized pieces in the whole.
          Depth of Knowledge: Moderate     l Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07        
          This benchmark belongs to: BIG IDEA 2

      »  MA.3.A.2.3: Compare and order fractions, including fractions greater than one, using models and strategies.
          Depth of Knowledge: Moderate     l Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07        
          This benchmark belongs to: BIG IDEA 2

      »  MA.3.A.2.4: Use models to represent equivalent fractions, including fractions greater than 1, and identify representations of equivalence.
          Depth of Knowledge: Moderate     l Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07        
          This benchmark belongs to: BIG IDEA 2


  • RELATED RESOURCES (7)

    • Good Access Point Tie (7)

      Resource Type(s)
      » Clipart ETC Fractions
      Illustrations that can be used for teaching and demonstrating fractions. Fractional representations are modeled in wedges of circles ("pieces of pie") and parts of polygons. There are also clipart images of numerical fractions, both proper and...    ...read more 
      Image / Photograph (Primary Type)
      » Fun with Fractions: Investigating Equivalent Fractions with Relationship Rods
      Students investigate the length model by working with relationship rods to find equivalent fractions and identify fractions in lowest terms. Students...
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      Lesson Plan (Primary Type)
      Worksheet
      Virtual Manipulative
      » Fun with Fractions: Eggsactly with a Dozen Eggs
      Students examine fractions as part of a set. This lesson helps students develop skills in problem solving and reasoning as they examine relationships among the fractions used to describe part of a set of 12.
      Lesson Plan (Primary Type)
      Worksheet
      » Fun with Fractions: Making and Investigating Fraction Strips
      Students make and use a set of fraction strips to represent the length model, discover fraction relationships, and work with equivalent fractions.
      Lesson Plan (Primary Type)
      Virtual Manipulative
      » Parts of a Whole
      This virtual manipulative allows the user to divide different shapes into equally sized pieces and to create fractions by selecting a number of pieces. In the activities described, the presenter or students may highlight parts of a whole, read a...    ...read more 
      Virtual Manipulative (Primary Type)
      » Fraction Strips in Black and White
      This worksheet models a whole as well as fractions with denominators 2 through 12. Teachers could use these, as appropriate to grade level's benchmark, to have students color various fractions, model equivalent fractions, or begin the...    ...read more 
      Worksheet (Primary Type)
      » Fraction Model III
      An interactive tool to represent a fraction circle, rectangle, or set model with numerators and denominators ranging from 1 to 100. The decimal and percent equivalents of the created fraction are also displayed.
      Virtual Manipulative (Primary Type)

      * Please note that examples of resources are not intended as complete curriculum.


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