FRACTIONS ARE FOUNDATIONAL

We have been working with fractions for the last few weeks. The students are learning to represent, compare, add and subtract fractions. We are also practising converting between improper fractions (8/5) and mixed numbers ( 2   1/3). The students have learned how to do this with visual representations as well as with algorithms. Do you remember?? For 2  1/3 we multiply the denominator by the whole number and then add the numerator to the product and then put that number over our denominator
 ( 3x2+1= 7, the 7 becomes the numerator and 3 remains the denominator  7/3). These are concepts that need to be mastered in order to continue their growth in mathematical thinking and processing. I am including a link to a Ministry sponsored site that will allow them to practice these concepts. Each one of these links is meant to be viewed and played in order. This is something the student could do for 20 minutes a night over the course of the entire fraction unit. This is not a race to complete all of the videos and activities, but rather it's a way to consolidate their learning and demonstrate mastery over the concepts.

MATHIES FRACTION VIDEOS AND GAMES
REPRESENTING FRACTIONS PART 2
COMPARING SIMPLE FRACTIONS PART 3
IMPROPER FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS PART 4