ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [MA2015] (3) 25 :

25 ) Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. [3-G2]

Example: Partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as ¹/₄ of the area of the shape.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 9 :

9) Read and perform rhythmic patterns and melodic phrases using iconic and standard notation.

This lesson integrates math into music while making a real-world connection to pizza.  Students are learning fractions in math using a pizza to divide shapes into parts with equal areas.  The same example is used to divide a measure of music into equal parts using rhythm.   Students will label rhythm patterns and discover how rhythms and fractions are related.