We started working on our fractions unit late last week. We created several anchor charts that you see here. Fractions are a key building block in math and as such it's critical that students are comfortable with representing, comparing and manipulating fractions. I am including some extra math practice sheets into this blog post for parents to download and work through them with their children. Several students are having difficulty understanding the relationship between fractional representations, like fraction circles and fraction strips and equivalent fractions. For example, in the fraction strip to the right of this page we can see 2 3/4. The number of 'pieces' the strip is divided into tells us what the denominator is. I can also look at this picture and make an improper fraction with it. I merely have to count how many 1/4 pieces I have. In this example, I have 11/4. Therefore 2 3/4 is equivalent to 11/4. Try the worksheets together and see how they do. We also learned a mathematical way to convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions--the worksheets address both ways.CLICK on the link and then download and print off at home.
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