This past week we have done a little "review" over the connection between decimals and percents (and tied in percents a little even though the CCSS don't mention them in 4th grade...shhhhhhh), and it was a good time to "catch" some of those students who really weren't super solid on the concept when we did our bigger unit earlier. To make sure I could really see what student could and could ... Read the Post
It’s FINISHED!
I did it! I published it! 190 pages of fraction fun! I cannot begin to thank all of you for your kind words over the last few months . . . you have kept me going when it didn't seem worth the time and you have made me feel very appreciated! So . . . the unit is up and published. I feel so bad about how expensive it is . . . I asked several top sellers how much to sell it for, ... Read the Post
It’s Almost Finished!!! Fraction Fans…Thanks for your patience!
My fraction unit is almost finished! I know MANY of you have been asking, so I am here for an update--I am hoping to post the unit this weekend! Here are some of the details... It includes all the blog post text and photos in a more printer friendly format. It includes all of my Hands On Fraction activities (I know some of you already have this resource . . . but I used it in my unit ... Read the Post
Fractions Day 16: Word Problems and Critical Thinking
Well . . . I promised a little update on the problem solving from the other day, so here goes! What I often do toward the end of a unit is provide students with a class period or two to work collaboratively or on their own on an assortment of word problems. Some of the problems are right at the level I would expect them to be able to do and others "push" and help them work on their "problem ... Read the Post
Fractions Day 15: Student Self Assessment and Reflection
I know I gave you all a fraction word problem teaser yesterday, but I'm going to hold off and include that in tomorrow's post. Today what I want to share is something I did for about 15 minutes after math class was over. Before this unit, I printed a list of the Common Core "learning targets" rewritten in kid-friendly language for my students. We had looked at this list as our unit ... Read the Post
Fractions Day 14: Composing and Decomposing
Today was a math rotations day in grade 4 . . . I started the day with a minilesson and then we broke up into three math groups to rotate around the following centers: --“teacher time” --problem solving --</>/= activity Today’s minilesson focused on “composing” and “decomposing” using unit fractions, and I was hopeful that it would go smoothly. I was fairly confident ... Read the Post
Fractions Day 13: Benchmark Fractions
It is getting close to the end of our fractions unit . . . and I am trying to reflect on what more I need to accomplish! I am really seeing students (for the most part) having an "ease" with fractions, with equivalence, and with some of the "big picture" ideas. I know I want to dig into some problem solving with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and I want to throw ... Read the Post