Below is the outline of a mathematics activity a third-grade teacher recently completed with her students. Learning Goal: The learner will be able to identify and create models of the following fractions: ⅓, ¼, ½ Lesson Plan: Ask the students if they have ever eaten a pizza and show them a fake pizza in slices in a pizza box. Have students discuss the different ways a pizza could be divided. Students sit with a partner and complete a worksheet titled, "Equal Parts or Unequal Parts?" Using manipulatives, the teacher uses the document camera to show students how to take a whole pie and turn it into the following fractions: ⅓, ¼, ½. Students sit with a partner and complete a worksheet titled, "Draw the Pizza Pie." Have each group come up to the board one at a time and draw one of the fraction pies with a dry erase marker. Teacher Notes: Around half of the groups draw the correct fractions on the board. The rest draw pies that have equal parts, but the incorrect fraction. When I graded both worksheets, 60% of partner pairs demonstrated mastery of the material. The lesson plan shows the teacher understands the importance of: a grouping students by skill level. b engaging students in the lesson's content. c utilizing the gradual release model. d assessing individual student progress.