Division Lesson Plan: Number and Operations
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Division, and supports the standard of finding whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to 3-digit dividends. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Display an image of a pizza cut into 8 slices, like this one:
Ask students:
- How can 4 friends share this pizza equally?
- This pizza is cut into 8 slices. What are other ways to divide the pizza so it can be shared equally by 4 people?
Step 2: BUILD BACKGROUND
- Read aloud the description on the Division topic page.
- Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding.
- Have students read one of the Related Reading articles. Partner them with someone who read a different article to share what they learned with each other.
Step 3: ENGAGE
Students express what they learned about division while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.
- Make-a-Movie: Create a tutorial that answers this question: How can you find the answers to 24 divided by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8? Write division sentences for each problem. (Essential Literacy Skill: Determine central ideas) (Essential Math Skill: Represent & solve problems using 4 operations)
- Make-a-Map: Make a concept map defining the three elements, or parts, of a division problem. Include an example of a division problem and identify the three elements. (Essential Literacy Skill: Acquire and use domain-specific words and phrases)
- Creative Coding: Code a math problem that involves division. (Essential Math Skill: Represent & solve problems using 4 operations)
Step 4: APPLY & ASSESS
Apply: Students complete the Division Worksheet, applying essential math and literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.
Assess: Wrap up the lesson with the Division Quiz.
Step 5: EXTEND LEARNING
Numbers and Operations Unit: Continue to build understanding around number sense and operations with more BrainPOP topics.
Additional Support Resources:
- Pause Point Overview: Video tutorial showing how Pause Points actively engage students to stop, think, and express ideas.
- Modifications for BrainPOP Learning Activities: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
- BrainPOP Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.