Equivalent Fractions & Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

I'm back with some new anchor charts today!  We're moving right along with our fractions unit!  Here's an anchor chart that I made for adding fractions with unlike denominators.  This takes the students step-by-step through using a model to represent the addition of fractions with unlike denominators.

The anchor chart below shows how to create equivalent fractions using both a picture model and with multiplication.  Some students connect more to the visual model and some will use the multiplication only.  This fits multiple types of learners very well.

I hope these anchor charts are helpful for you as you're teaching fractions!

New freebie up on my TpT store!

Hello!

I am excited to share with you a new freebie on my store!  I just added task cards for adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators!  It includes 40 task cards, an answer key and an answer recording sheet!

Check it out here!

Getting Ready for Fractions!

We're kicking off our unit on fractions today!  Hooray!  I think that fractions are very fun.  I'm not sure that my students are on board, though.  I want to share some of the changes to my classroom as we get ready to embark on our fraction adventure!

Here are my math goal posters to keep us on track throughout the unit!

Here's an anchor chart for representing fractions.  Of course, students should be coming in with this background knowledge but just in case they don't remember, I have some ideas here to jog their memories!

Again, they should have some basis for comparing fractions.  This poster should help them remember some of these concepts as we move forward.

Here are my math vocabulary and key terms posters for the students!  

Lastly, this is a fraction model anchor chart that some students helped me prepare during read aloud!  I love it!  It's so colorful!

I think we're all set to get started today!  What are you teaching today?

A Freebie for the New Blog!

I want to share a freebie for my everyone visiting my new blog!!  I have been working through the EngageNY curriculum this year for both English Language Arts and Math.  It has been a very daunting task but I have really started to enjoy the curriculum.  Yes, started.  I was not a huge fan of it when I started the year.  Now, after winter break and with a few months under my belt, I've really been able to figure out the patterns, pacing, and underlying pedagogy in the curriculum.  I can appreciate the direction and work with it a lot easier now!

I love creating PowerPoint presentations for the 5th grade ELA curriculum to help me stay on track with my pacing and lesson objectives.  Without them, I find that I forget half of what I'm supposed to be teaching during the lesson (I mean really...have you read one of those lessons?!).  Here's a freebie of a PowerPoint that I created for EngageNY 5th Grade Module 2B, Unit 1, Lesson 1.  I have the full module up on my Teacher's Pay Teachers store!

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Click here to view the full module on my store.

I hope you enjoy this lesson!