Description
This mini unit on Google Slides (with Pair Deck embedded slides) is a solid introduction and/or reinforcement of students' ratio and proportional reasoning skills. Pair Deck is only an optional tool, not required. The tasks tend to build on one another so that students gradually build their reasoning and problem solving skills. Throughout the unit, students are also asked to s on their learning via Pair Deck.
The goal of this unit is to lay the groundwork for proportional reasoning in 6th grade and beyond. NOTE: this unit was not formulated to specifically address cross multiplying, although it may be used as a strategy. Rather, the intent is for students to use proportional reasoning at its core; that is, to reason multiplicatively. Often students lack proportional reasoning and tend to think additively instead of multiplicatively. This affects their ability to reason appropriately in later grades. In the unit, students repeatedly attend to the meaning of a fraction, another basic concept with which many students struggle.
Some of these problems may be more rigorous than typical text book problems. However, they are likely within the appropriate zone of proximal development for middle and high school students who in general tend to struggle with proportional reasoning. The goal is not to use a formula or rule, but rather to engage in deeper problem-solving strategies.
In this mini unit, it is encouraged for students to make sense of problems and to model their reasoning perhaps with a visual model or simply by showing their work. It is also encouraged to let students engage in productive struggle initially, and then for the teacher to facilitate thereafter. Finally, these tasks serve as a foundation. You may find it very helpful to add more similar tasks so that students have additional opportunities to master the concepts.
Advanced 5th graders may be able to succeed at these problems too, if they have a strong understanding of the meaning of fractions.
Enjoy!
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Ratios and Proportions Math Unit | Proportional Reasoning Problem Solving
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Description
This mini unit on Google Slides (with Pair Deck embedded slides) is a solid introduction and/or reinforcement of students' ratio and proportional reasoning skills. Pair Deck is only an optional tool, not required. The tasks tend to build on one another so that students gradually build their reasoning and problem solving skills. Throughout the unit, students are also asked to s on their learning via Pair Deck.
The goal of this unit is to lay the groundwork for proportional reasoning in 6th grade and beyond. NOTE: this unit was not formulated to specifically address cross multiplying, although it may be used as a strategy. Rather, the intent is for students to use proportional reasoning at its core; that is, to reason multiplicatively. Often students lack proportional reasoning and tend to think additively instead of multiplicatively. This affects their ability to reason appropriately in later grades. In the unit, students repeatedly attend to the meaning of a fraction, another basic concept with which many students struggle.
Some of these problems may be more rigorous than typical text book problems. However, they are likely within the appropriate zone of proximal development for middle and high school students who in general tend to struggle with proportional reasoning. The goal is not to use a formula or rule, but rather to engage in deeper problem-solving strategies.
In this mini unit, it is encouraged for students to make sense of problems and to model their reasoning perhaps with a visual model or simply by showing their work. It is also encouraged to let students engage in productive struggle initially, and then for the teacher to facilitate thereafter. Finally, these tasks serve as a foundation. You may find it very helpful to add more similar tasks so that students have additional opportunities to master the concepts.
Advanced 5th graders may be able to succeed at these problems too, if they have a strong understanding of the meaning of fractions.
Enjoy!
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LICENSING TERMS When buying this product, you agree that you own a license for one teacher only and that it is for your individual use in your classroom only. Licenses are non-transferable, which means they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire department, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, administrator, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please email me at brettpatrick5@gmail.com.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: You may not upload this product, or any part of this product, to the Internet in any capacity, including classroom websites, personal websites, or network drives, unless the site is password-protected and can only be accessed by students.
