Description
If you’re ready to move beyond fraction worksheets and help your students truly understand fractions, this is the fraction unit for you. My best-selling Constructivist Fraction Unit has been completely updated for 2025 with two new computation lessons, a printable fraction vocabulary wall, and refreshed teacher tools to make planning and teaching easier than ever.
💡 What Makes This Fraction Unit Different
This isn’t a packet of fill-in-the-blank pages. It’s a full teaching framework built from real classroom practice and grounded in research on how students learn fractions conceptually.
You’ll guide your students through hands-on investigations, math discourse, and reasoning—not memorized tricks.
Teachers love that this unit:
- Builds deep understanding of fraction concepts before computation
- Encourages rich math talk and student reasoning
- Aligns to the Standards for Mathematical Practice
- Includes everything you need to teach fractions with confidence
What’s Included (240+ Pages Total)
18 full fraction lessons written in narrative, teacher-friendly style
- Equal parts, halves, unit fractions, fractions of a set
- Equivalent fractions, comparing, ordering, and benchmarks
- Fractions on a number line
- And so much more!
- New for 2025: More with adding & subtracting fractions and mixed numbers
- New for 2025: Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
Teacher Supports
- Pacing and lesson overview with actual photos and student work samples
- Teaching tips and misconception alerts
- Standards alignment for grades 3–4
- Differentiation ideas and challenge tasks
Student Resources
- Exit slips, journal prompts, and formative assessments
- Printable fraction vocabulary wall cards
- Math talk stems to encourage accountable discourse
- Reflection and self-assessment tools
Bonus Tools
- Anchor chart templates
- Reproducible manipulatives
- Photos and real classroom examples
Concepts Covered
- Equal parts and unit fractions
- Fractions of sets and wholes
- Equivalent fractions
- Comparing and ordering fractions
- Benchmark fractions (½, one whole, etc.)
- Fractions on number lines
- Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers
- Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
- Math reasoning and discourse
Why Teachers Need This Fraction Unit
Fractions are challenging—for students and teachers.
This unit breaks down complex concepts into meaningful investigations that make sense to kids. Every activity helps students build, talk, draw, and reason about fractions so they truly understand what they’re doing.
“This unit has been a game-changer in my 4th grade class. These hands-on activities are so engaging and promote true understanding—not just memorized procedures.”
Perfect For
- Grades 3–4 classrooms/older special education students
- Teachers using other resources who want to add depth and reasoning
- Math intervention or enrichment groups
- PLCs or teams building a consistent approach to fractions
✨ Updated for 2025 ✨
- 2 new computation lessons (adding/subtracting & multiplying fractions)
- Printable Fraction Vocabulary Wall for display and math talk
- Math talk poster/talk stems
- Updated pacing and organizational tools
❤️ Why You’ll Love It
This resource has helped literally thousands of teachers bring fractions to life.
It’s flexible, authentic, and built for real classrooms—so you can focus on great teaching, not endless prep.
What are teachers saying about this resource?
“I couldn’t say enough wonderful things about this product. You are one I can ALWAYS count on to provide thorough, engaging, rigorous, student-centered learning tasks that get the student immersed in and excited about learning. I LOVE the debates and all the communication the kids are doing throughout this unit. They really are formulating their own understanding of fractions and why/how we use them. This product gets a grade of infinity because it’s beyond awesome. Thank you, thank you! My fractions unit has ROCKED.”
“I love this product! It was amazing to “live in your classroom” as you guided the students through the learning. This is the epitome of Common Core: They were actually THINKING fractions! Your candid commentary was so helpful and it helped shape my thinking as I taught this material to my own students. This was far better than any of the math inservices I’ve attended–and I learned so much more…
“Just what I was looking for. I am new to fourth grade and have not taught fractions for a while and I have a number of students who came in unfamiliar with many of the beginning concepts. This work has allowed children to explore fractions, think and talk through what they are discovering, and develop a lasting understanding of essential fraction concepts.”
and finally…
Please download the preview file to get a “taste” of what this fraction unit is like. I have included a variety of pages to help you see what it is like. I do not want anyone to be disappointed as I realize it is a big investment! Every lesson has been used in my classroom and is documented with my thinking, my students’ thinking, and photos. I spent one full month using this unit in my classroom.
Don’t forget
This is NOT a traditional math unit–it truly will push you as a teacher and your students . . . in a good way! Whether you are a classroom teacher, an interventionist, or teach your children at home, I am confident that you will find these investigations useful for building fraction understanding!
Many of these lessons extend for more than one day | this truly is a full month’s worth of math instruction at your fingertips! Want to see a list of the learning targets? Know that many concepts are addressed along the way including addition and subtraction of fractions, equivalent fractions, unit fractions, problem solving, critiquing reasoning, and many more! CLICK HERE
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Looking for more high quality fraction resources?
HUGE BUNDLE (10 fraction resources!) including the full unit
Set of 5 Fraction Concept Sorts
Fractured Fractions: Decomposing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Teaching Tandem: Fraction Concept Sorts AND Fractured Fractions
Fraction Word Problems for Grades 4/5
Dollar Deal Fraction Flip Game
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