Fraction Building

Fractions

• Essential to understanding Algebra

• NCTM – teach fraction understanding at younger ages

• National Panel on Mathematics Report– US students do NOT have a thorough grasp

of fractions.

• Fractions are an important part of life!

MAS Curriculum

• Kinder / First Grade – “Fair Shares”– Models in Real Life (Snack Fractions)– Not necessarily symbolic representation

• Second / Third Grade– Symbolic representations attached to models

(Snack Fractions)– Comparing – Fraction Action, Daily Routines

MAS Curriculum• Fourth / Fifth Grade

– Compare and Order, including Equivalency (Curriculum and Review)

– Add and Subtract (Curriculum and Review) Relationship to Decimals (Curriculum and Review)

• Sixth through Eighth Grade– Fraction Identification, including Equivalency,

and Manipulation (Daily Routines)– Ratio, Proportion, Relationship to Percents

(Curriculum and Review)

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4-5 What did you experience?

6-8 Equivalent Ratios

2- 3 – model and draw fractions < one

•Divide snack as if for 4, then share between 2, and compare fractional portions

K-1 – divide snack and explain portions

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ASSESSMENT ITEMS

1 each for K, 1, 2, 3If the Recursive Reviews and the Snack Fractions are taught, students should be able to transfer to the assessment item.

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• Trust your students to learn and transfer.• Do NOT alter the assessment.• Do NOT alter the curriculum.

• If the items are not successful, then we will know the curriculum did not address what was being assessed, and adjustments will be made.

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HAVE FUN !