Take your best educated guess. After being presented with a video of a glass of candies, class members estimate the number of each color of candies. Pupils view a graphic showing more information on the fraction of candies before comparing their estimates with the actual numbers and critiquing their estimation methods.

Concepts

fractions, estimation, estimation fractions

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide labels of the colors to help individuals that have difficulty distinguishing colors
• Use prior to a lesson on dividing a figure into equal parts, modeling fractions

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes knowledge of how to do a 3-Act activity

Pros

• Provides a description of the expected work within the comments
• Includes actual counts of the candies

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.NF.A.1 4.NF.B.4.a 4.NF.B.4.b 4.NF.B.4.c