LEARNING PLAN
Exploratory Activities
 “Before” Probe – Fractions (38a)
 Brainpop – Multiplication (connect the concept of
whole number multiplication, repeated addition, to
fraction multiplication) (1, 13)
 Read Multiplication Menace: The Revenge of
Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert (41)
 Pattern Block Exploration – Modeling fraction
multiplication with pattern blocks. (2, 3)
 Watch Math Playground Video Lesson on fraction
of a group (13,14)
Concept Development Activities
 Model Exploration for Multiplication of a fraction
time a whole number (4, 5)
 “Let’s Review” Models Foldable (6)
 Video – Play Learn Zillion Lesson 126: “Multiply
fractions by whole numbers: using visual models”
(8, 13, 43, 44)
 Feeding Day at the Zoo problems (zoo themed word
problems with fractions instead of whole numbers)
(9)
 Word Problem Task Card Station (17, 18)
 Using Our Math Goggles: Ellsworth Kelly–inspired
Fraction Art Poster (30, 31, 32, 33, 40, 51)
Student Learning Centers
 Multiplying Fraction by Whole Number (22, 23, 42)
 Showdown Games (45, 46a, 46b, 46c)
 Monster Land Race to the Finish (15, 16)
 Fraction Multiplication Match (24)
Computer Stations
 IXL – 5th grade N6 – Multiplication of fractions
using a number line (27)
 Khan Academy Video: Multiplying unit fractions
and whole numbers – Video and 5–problem practice
(27, 28)
 Khan Academy Video: Multiplying fractions and
whole numbers: mixed number answer – Video and
5–problem practice (27, 29)
 Maths Mansion Videos: Fractions (27, 47)
Other Picture Books
 Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan – students
choose a recipe from the 4 recipes found at the end
of the book and multiply all the ingredients of that
recipe by a whole number. (48)
 Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy –
activities on the last 2 pages of the book (49)
Procedural Knowledge Activities
 Problem Solving Mat #1 (10)
 Problem Solving Foldable (12, 34, 40)
 Everyday Math activity pages, 242C & 242D
(addition and area models) (25)
 Math Concept Poster (19, 20, 21)
Concept
Multiplication of Fractions by a Whole Number
(5th Grade)
Materials and Resources
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Brainpop: https://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/multiplication/
Pattern Block Exploration on Chart, teacher and student directions (teacher–made)
Pattern Blocks
Model Exploration Lesson Notes (fraction bars, area, and number lines (teacher–
made)
Partner Practice form for multiplication of a fraction x a whole number models
(teacher–made)
“Let’s Review” Foldable (teacher–made from TpT blank template)
Exit Ticket #1 handout (teacher–made)
Learn Zillion Video Lesson: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/126–multiply–
fractions–by–whole–numbers–using–models
Feeding Day at the Zoo, teacher directions and student page (teacher–made)
Problem Solving Mat #1 Handout (teacher–made)
Problem Solving Mat #2 Handout (teacher–made)
Problem Solving Foldable (teacher–made)
Interactive white board hooked up to a computer with Internet connection
Math Playground Video Lesson on fraction of a group:
http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_fractionofanumber.html
Monster Land Race to the Finish: directions, game board, and game cards, laminated:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Multiplying–Fractions–Math–
Centers–aligned–to–Common–Core–4NF4–695331
Game tokens (pennies, cm cubes…)
Word Problem Task Cards: Directions for center, answer key laminated:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Multiplying–Fractions–Math–
Centers–aligned–to–Common–Core–4NF4–695331
Vis–a–Vis markers
Template for Math Concept Poster (website for 19, 20, and 21 is
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math–Concept–Posters–724536)
Rubric for self–assessment
Rubric for teacher assessment
Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number workstation instructions:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_wlnPzXZBUZbkUyNFBTeGJkZ0U/edit?pli=1
Fraction Cards:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_wlnPzXZBUZUGNMX2N2cEdKRDQ/edit?pli=1
Fraction Multiplication Match – Equation, Pictorial, Solution sort activity cards and
answer key: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TEK–53I–Multiplying–
Fractions–with–Models–1466238
Everyday Math activity pages. Copy and paste link in browser, last two pages:
https://emccss.everydaymathonline.com/em–
crosswalk/pdf/4/g4_tlg_lesson_7_12a_mm_pages_242a_242d.pdf
Slates and Expo Markers
Laptop or iPad with internet connection
Khan Academy Video & Practice – Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/mixed_number_mult_div/v/
multiplying–fractions–and–mixed–numbers
Khan Academy Video & Practice – Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/multiplying_fractions/v/mul
tiplying–fractions–and–whole–numbers
1–2–3 Die (made with a wooden cube)
Poster: Ellsworth Kelly – A Fraction Study (teacher–made)
Using Our Math Goggles: Ellsworth Kelly–inspired Fraction Art (teacher–made)
Crayons, color pencils, and/or markers
Tomiko Wilkerson ([email protected]); Amanda Santana ([email protected])
© 2015 by the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP)
34. Scissors
35. Butcher paper
36. Tape
37. Construction paper (9 in. x 12 in.)
38a. “Before” Fraction Probe Handout (teacher–made form)– adapted from Kindle
version of book Mathematics Formative Assessments by Page Keeley and Cheryl
Rose Tobey, Fact #1 A & D Statements
38b. “After” Fraction Probe Handout (teacher–made form)– adapted from Kindle version
of Mathematics Formative Assessments by Page Keeley and Cheryl Rose Tobey,
Fact #1 A & D Statements
39. 10–Problem Summative Test (teacher–made form)
40. Glue
41. Picture book: Multiplication Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam
Calvert
42. Dice
43. Communicators for Dry–erase markers
44. Dry–erase markers
45. Math Showdown Game Instructions:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math–Stations–64105
46a. Find the Fraction: Using Models:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/fraction–of–a–number–task–cards–
printables–Find–the–Fraction–set–a–760060
46b. Fractions of Numbers Task Cards:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fractions–of–Numbers–1243651
46c. Find the Fraction: Working Backwards Task Cards:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Find–the–Fraction–fraction–of–a–
number–task–cards–printables–set–b–770204
47. Maths Mansion Fractions – Discovery Education:
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=maths+mansion+fractions
48. Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
49. Jump, Kangaroo, Jump by Stuart J. Murphy
50. Math journal
51. Rulers
Assessment
Formative:
 Exit Ticket # 1 (7)
 Problem Solving Mat #2 (11)
 “After” Fraction Probe (38b)
Summative:
 10–Problem Test and Answer Key (teacher–made
form) (39)
Related TEKS
5.3.I
Represent and solve multiplication of a whole number
and a fraction that refers to the same whole using
objects and pictorial models, including area models.
Originality and Creativity
Student Products
Written (integrate with Poetry Study in Reading and Language Arts)
Fraction Poems – Write a poem about a pictorial strategy for multiplying a
fraction by a whole number. Students may select from the following poetry
formats: haiku, limerick, circle poem, cinquain, 4–stanza rhyming poem, or
free verse. The classroom collection will become a Math Poetry Anthology.
(50)
Oral
Debate: Each student will select a method for multiplying a fraction by a
whole number (e.g., set model, area model, number line, algorithm). Each
student will prepare and present an argument of why his/her method is the
best. There will be a moderator (a student or the teacher) and representatives
for each method. (50)
Kinesthetic
Educreations, Show Me, and/or Shadow Puppet Video – Students (small
group, pairs, or individual) will create a short video (about 1 minute long)
explaining how to solve a multiplication problem of a fraction times a whole
number. Each student/group will represent and explain the method of their
choice (e.g., set model, area model, number line, algorithm). (27)
Visual
Make Paper Quilt for Classroom Art Gallery and/or Hallway Art Gallery
Make a classroom paper quilt with all the Ellsworth Kelly–inspired posters
made in the Concept Development activity “Using Our Math Goggles:
Ellsworth Kelly–inspired Fraction Art.” Students will explain the
mathematics behind their patterns. (31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40)
Tomiko Wilkerson ([email protected]); Amanda Santana ([email protected])
© 2015 by the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP)