Rationale Chapter 7 Rule of Thumb Don’t tell students to use a specific strategy or model to solve division problems. The goal is 3.OA.C.7 does not require specific strategies to develop fluency fluency, so students should be building on facts they know and may use different strategies to develop fluency. Grade 3 / Chapter 8: Understand Fractions Lesson Action Details for the Action Rationale 8.1 Equal Parts of a Whole Delete More aligned to 2.G.A.3 than Grade 3 expectations 8.1.1 Add Lesson about naming fractions that builds on Need to make connection between Grade 2 work and aligning grade 2 work and extends to denominators of to 3.G.A.2. sixths, eighths: [Note: Teachers may need to skip the number line representation, as this doesn’t connect to 2nd grade work.] 8.2 Equal Shares Delete Aligns to 5.NF.B.3 8.3 Unit Fractions of a As is Whole 8.4 Fractions of a Whole As is 8.5 Fractions on a Number As is Line 8.5.1 Add Lesson about placing fractions on a number line 3.NF.A.2 includes working with fractions greater than 1, which between 0 and 1: 6 are not fully addressed in other lessons.
Chapter 7 Rule of Thumb Rationale Don’t tell students to use a specific strategy or model to solve division problems. The goal is fluency, so students should be building on facts they know and may use different strategies to develop fluency. 3.OA.C.7 does not require specific strategies to develop fluency Grade 3 / Chapter 8: Understand Fractions Lesson Action Details for the Action Rationale 8.1 Equal Parts of a Whole Delete More aligned to 2.G.A.3 than Grade 3 expectations 8.1.1 Add Lesson about naming fractions that builds on grade 2 work and extends to denominators of sixths, eighths: [Note: Teachers may need to skip the number line representation, as this doesn’t connect to 2nd grade work.] Need to make connection between Grade 2 work and aligning to 3.G.A.2. 8.2 Equal Shares Delete Aligns to 5.NF.B.3 8.3 Unit Fractions of a Whole As is 8.4 Fractions of a Whole As is 8.5 Fractions on a Number Line As is 8.5.1 Add Lesson about placing fractions on a number line between 0 and 1: 6 3.NF.A.2 includes working with fractions greater than 1, which are not fully addressed in other lessons.
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