3.5 Unit Overview

Make sense of fractions as numbers and reason about fractions using area and number line diagrams.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 3rd Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Unit at a Glance Sub-Unit 1: Introduction to Fractions (Lessons 1–5) • Understand that unit fractions are formed by partitioning shapes into equal parts. • Understand that fractions are built from unit fractions such that a fraction ​​`\frac{a}{b}` is the quantity formed by `a` parts of size `\frac{1}{b}`. Sub-Unit 2: Fractions on the Number Line (Lessons 6–9) • Understand a fraction as a number and represent fractions on the number line. Sub-Unit 3: Equivalent Fractions (Lessons 10–14) • Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases and express whole numbers as fractions and fractions as whole numbers. Sub-Unit 4: Fraction Comparisons (Lessons 15–17) • Compare 2 fractions with the same numerator or denominator, recording the results with the symbol `>`, `<`, or `=`.