Socratic Seminar by Thomas Duffy
   
     
   
       
 

Subject Area: Mathematics

Grade Level: Fifth Grade

Overview: A culminating lesson in which students show their knowledge of different types of numbers and the four basic operations. Students choose fractions and create clues for their numerators and denominators. The class discusses the clues, identifies the fractions that match the clues, and generates additional clues as they see the different ways they can make and describe their numbers.

Standards: CA Mathematics Standards NS 1.0,2.0, MR 1.0,2.0,3.0

 

"Teacher Double Feature"
A competitive grant opportunity provided through a partnership between the Contra Costa County Office of Education and Pacific Bell.

 
   
 
   
 


Contra Costa County Office of Education
77 Santa Barbara Rd.
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

May 2002