Overall students in the county did not reach proficiency on fraction standards.

NAEP (National Asssessment of Educational Progress)- looking at data findings showed students consistently making the same errors on certain fraction word problems

Extending Children’s Mathematics: Fraction and Decimals by Susan B. Empson and Linda Levi- teachers often do not devote enough time to helping children build meaning for fractions before moving into equivalences, comparisons, and operations involving fractions.

“Pipes, Tubes and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System” by Joan Moss- too little is devoted to teaching the conceptual meaning of rational numbers, while procedures for manipulating rational numbers receive greater emphasis- virtually no time is spent in relating the various representations-decimals, fractions, percents, - to each other.

Goal #1 Students will increase their

achievement scores in fractions.Objective: Students will increase their

ClassScape scores from 57% to 65%.Objective: Student will improve their

mastery of fractions through a variety of multimedia projects.

http://mail.onslow.k12.nc.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/file/view/4thGradeUnit.pdf

Students will create a video on certain fractions skills that they did not master.

Examples:4th grade: (4.NF.5)Express a fraction with denominator 10 as

an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.2 For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100.

5th grade: (5.NF.6) Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-lBb3PO8Y

What made this video effective???

What improvements can be made on this video???

Movie Rubric

http://rubistar.4teachers.org

This rubric was created using the above website so that students know what is expected from creating their video.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6 Attend to precision. CCSS.Math.Practice.MP7 Look for and make

use of structure. CCSS.Math.Practice.MP8 Look for and express

regularity in repeated reasoning.

Teachers will collaborate with their peers to share resources, ideas, and lesson plans.

Parents will be invited to their child’s classroom where videos will be played. As well as the video being posted on the school and classroom website.

Teachers/Faculty Collaboration

Community Collaboration