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How many bees fill a spoon of honey?

5th GradeFractionsabout 3 minCCSS 5.NF.B.7.bCCSS 5.NF.B.7.c

Count the bees behind a spoonful of honey, one twelfth at a time.

Lesson Plan

Practice dividing a whole number by a unit fraction, and solve word problems with unit fraction division.

  1. Question: Ask what students spot and what they are curious about. Read “How much honey does one bee make in her life?” aloud. Have each student guess and say why.

  2. Question: Read “About how many bees fill the bear?” aloud. Have partners explain their guesses to each other.

  3. Big idea: Pause. Ask a student to say the idea in their own words.

  4. Big idea: Pause. Have partners explain the idea to each other.

  5. Your turn: Have students try their own. Ask them to predict before they test.

How to run it

  1. Whole classPut the lesson on the board. At each choice the class votes, then you select the winner.
  2. SoloShare the link, QR code, or post to Google Classroom. Each student gets to take their own path.