For this GoMath assignment, my students explored the concept of dividing mixed numbers. Most of the problems focused on division of food products–for baking and for portions–however there were other non-food related problems. I reinforced this lesson with previous vocabulary, such as 'divisor', 'dividend', 'quotient' and 'reciprocal' alongside with a refresher of dividing with like-terms. This meant providing an example to turn a mixed number into a fraction, which my students did with ease. 

I chose this particular lesson because it provided real-world examples that interest my students. Most of the examples provided were straightforward and all of my students followed along. When I had them complete problems on their own, most of them continued with little to no aid. For my students who are advanced with this concept, I posed different version of the same question, and had them talk through what the difference was and what it did to the original problem. 

There was one particular problem that my students struggled with (number six on page 93), and the main problem was they had a hard time interpreting which order the numbers went in. Originally, most of them wanted to divide the one and a fourth pound by ten and a half pounds. However, the question is asking to divide the whole pounds into containers.  I first asked my students what the question was asking of them, and which pieces they had. I then went through each sentence and drew a photo according to the students' interpretation, and when a few students were puzzled by the drawing, I pointed out that we are looking at a "how many in each" problem, which seemed to reach a few of them. Finally, I read the whole problem and drew out each sentence, which clicked with all students.

I believe that the next time around, I need to emphasize what the divisor and dividend is, especially the correlation within word problems and how to interpret it. Since my students were quick to do the arithmetic, but slow to interpret, that is the focus I should have had with them.