Students will be able to use tape diagrams to create equivalent expressions involving whole numbers, fractions, and multiplication.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
EL adjustments
Introduction
(5 minutes)
In front of your class, draw a rectangle divided horizontally in half. The upper half should be divided into two equal parts and the lower half into six equal parts.
Have students think, pair, and share a possible math expression the illustration might represent. Share out student ideas to the whole class.
Tell your students the illustration can serve as a powerful math tool called a tape diagram, a diagram that expresses equality between a lower level amount, and an upper level amount.
Beginning
Allow students to use their home language (L1) or new language (L2) in their discussions.
Provide visuals and definitions in their L1 and L2 of all the new vocabulary terms.
Intermediate
Write the academic language students can use throughout the lesson on the board as you introduce the language.
Have them share ways they've used tape diagrams in the past.