I love staying up late grading papers – said no teacher, ever! Get student progress reports in seconds I’m serious. You can watch the video below and see how you can register as a teacher and then add all of your students’ usernames in a few minutes. After that, any time you want to see…
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Standards CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.B.3.CAdd and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, e.g., by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction. Summary Now that you understand what a fraction is, what’s a numerator and what’s a denominator, you can start doing operations with fractions.…
Standards Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems. CCSS.Math.Content.7.EE.B.3Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess…
One half means it’s fair Who doesn’t want life to be fair? Learning fractions? Start with the most basic – dividing a whole into two equal parts. Equal is the key point emphasized here. It’s not enough to be in two parts, you need two equal parts. Fractions are more than pizza I like this…
When first learning fractions, I’ve found most students benefit from lots and lots of examples. It’s fine to teach rules and procedures, which I do, but I also try to show that rule applied in many different contexts. Watch this video for many examples of how N/N = 1 . Whether it is one trip,…
Making Camp Ojibwe: Multiplication Practice
Teaching multiplication is part of teaching number sense. If you teach math from grades 3 to 5, you are well aware of how essential it is that students learn multiplication and division basics. Of course, math shouldn’t be all about rote memorization. However, if you believe it is a waste of time for students to…
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