Unpacking Standards/Benchmarks

DCPS Mathematics Professional Development

2010-2011
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Supporting Idea 5 : Geometry and Measurement

Prior Standard/Benchmark and Grade level Standard/ Future Standard/Benchmark

Content:
MA.1.G.3.2 Compose and
decompose plane and solid figures,
including making predictions about
them, to build an understanding of
part-whole relationships and
properties of shapes.
Benchmark:
MA.2.G.5.1 Use geometric models to
demonstrate the relationships
between wholes and their parts as a
foundation to fractions.
Complexity Level: Moderate
and Content:
MA.3.A.2.1 Represent fractions,
including fractions greater than one,
using area, sets, and linear models.
MA.3.A.2.3 Compare and order
fractions, including fractions greater
than one using models and
strategies.

Knowledge/Concepts: Students need to know Skills: Students need to be able to do

Dividing groups into equal parts, divide objects into equal parts, Count different parts, divide sets in half, determine fractional
understanding of which objects that can and cannot be divided parts, name and identify notations for fractions, determine if a
into half, understanding even and odd. shape can be divided into equal or unequal parts, name and
identify equal parts of a region.

Essential Question Topical Questions

-How can a shape be divided into equal parts and described?
-What is a half?
- How can we determine a half of a whole or a region?
- How can we determine if a set of objects can be divided in half?
- How can you divide a shape into equal parts?
- How can we determine a fourth of a region?
- How can we determine a third of a region?
- How can we identify and represent more than one fractional part of a
region?
- How can we determine if a set of objects can be divided into thirds or
fourths?
- How can you describe equal parts of a whole?

Misconceptions/Barriers: Future Benchmarks Continued:

What are some common misconceptions students MA.3.A.2.4 Use models to represent equivalent fractions
may have about the content related to this greater than 1, and identify representations of
benchmark? equivalence.

Matching parts with the whole, identifying part and whole of MA.5.G.5.3 Solve problems requiring attention
a geometric shape, recognizing parts of common objects. approximation, selection of appropriate measuring tools,
and precision of measurement.