Introduction to Fractions

Learning Intention:  Students will identify that a unit fraction is one part of a whole; indicate that the more parts a whole is divided into, the smaller the parts will be.

Success Criteria:  Students will be successful when they can independently explain numerator, explain denominator, compare fractions using models, and decompose a fraction into a sum of unit fractions with the same denominator. 

Essential Questions: 
- How can I represent these fractions?
- What is the relationship between the two fractions? 

Standards Covered

EE.6.NS.1.  Compare the relationships between two unit fractions.
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EE.7.NS.1.  Add fractions with like denominators (halves, thirds, fourths, and tenths) with sums less than or equal to one.

EE.8.NS.1.  Subtract fractions with like denominators (halves, thirds, fourths, and tenths) with minuends less than or equal to one.

Fractions are important because they tell you what portion of a whole you need, have, or want.

Fractions are used in baking to tell how much of an ingredient to use.

Fractions are used in telling time; each minute is a fraction of the hour.

Money is another place fractions are used. For example, a quarter is one fourth of a dollar (1/4). A dime is one-tenth, represented by 1/10. We could continue by talking about pennies and nickels.

sites.google.com/site/figureoutfractions/fractions-in-everyday-life


Fractions Student Work

Students:
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Interactive Fraction Creator!
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/fractions/

Fraction Manipulatives
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html

Intro To Fractions Videos

Watch these various videos to help you understand fractions.

Fraction Vocabulary

numerator - the top number in a fraction, which shows the number of parts of the whole taken.

denominator - the bottom number in a fraction, which shows the number of parts the whole has been divided into.

equal - alike in size, value or amount to something else.

fraction - a representation of a division of a number; a part of a whole.

half - either of two equal parts of something.

quarter - one of four equal parts into which something is divided.

whole number - a positive integer or zero. 1, 15, 30 and 894 are examples.


Fraction Vocabulary Study

These vocabulary activities will help you with understanding the terms and how they are connected in math.
https://cindyelkins.edublogs.org/category/fractions/

Fraction Kahoot Games

Click the button below for a Kahoot game about fractions.

Fraction Website Games

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/memory_fractions1.htm

www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/fractions/fractions-splat-game/

www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/fractionSet.htm

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/fracTut1.htm

www.splashlearn.com/fraction-games

www.mathgames.com/skill/1.11-what-fraction-does-this-shape-show

www.education.com/game/geometry-picnic/


Fraction Assessment

Adding and Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominators

Learning Intention:  Students will add and subtract fractions with common denominators. 

Success Criteria:  Students will be successful when they can independently add or subtract fractions with denominators of 10 and 100. 

Essential Questions: 
- What is the sum of two fractions?
- Which part of the fractions do I add?
- Why do I not add the denominators? 

Strategy

To add fractions there are Two Simple Steps:

Step 1: Make sure the bottom numbers (the denominators) are the same.

Step 2: Add the top numbers (the numerators), put that answer over the denominator.

Adding Fractions With Like Denominators

Adding Fractions With Like Denominator Student Work

Students:
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Adding Fractions With Like Denominator Games

www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/fractions/addition-game/

www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/mathman_add_subtract_fractions.htm

www.education.com/game/jungle-fractions-like-denominators/


Adding Fractions With Like Denominator Assessment

Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominator Student Work

Learning Intention:  Students will add and subtract fractions with common denominators. 

Success Criteria:  Students will be successful when they can independently add or subtract fractions with denominators of 10 and 100. 

Essential Questions: 
- What is the difference of two fractions?
- Which part of the fractions do I add?
- Why do I not add the denominators? 
Students:
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Strategy

To subtract fractions there are Two Simple Steps:

Step 1: Make sure the bottom numbers (the denominators) are the same.

Step 2: Subtract the top numbers (the numerators), put that answer over the denominator.

Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominator Games

www.education.com/game/city-fractions-subtraction/

www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/FruitShootFractionsSubtraction.htm


Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominator Assessment