Teach & Reinforce Fraction Concepts

If there's one thing that I'm confident other 5th grade teachers would agree with, it's that teaching kids to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators is HARD! Then, by the time you get to multiplying and dividing fractions, things are really all mixed up and who knows what's happening...

That's why I created these mini flip books for adding and subtracting fractions. I'm going to add to the set and create them for subtracting mixed numbers (with regrouping) and multiplying and dividing fractions. I wanted something concrete that the students could use to reference the procedure over and over again as well as something that they could take home to practice with the same process we're using at school.

The mini flip books are double sided and print on just a half sheet of paper, making this an awesome paper-saving resource. I have my students glue these into their math workbooks as we learn each part so that it's always there for reference. 

Each flip book contains the major steps for completing the math accurately along with an example. There are practice problems on the back to complete with the teacher once you've finished teaching the process. 

You can find the addition flip book here.

You can find the subtraction flip book here.

Freebie Friday {January 30, 2015}

Welcome back for another Freebie Friday!  I'm linking up with Teaching Blog Addict today to bring you another freebie!

Last week, I featured "Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Task Cards" so this week I'm going to feature a great companion product..."Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators." 

This product is perfect for students below 5th grade who are just learning about adding with like denominators OR it can be perfect to differentiate for 5th grade students who need a little more practice with this concept.  I've also used them to help students remember the process before moving into the more complex task of adding and subtracting with unlike denominators.

If you click the picture, it'll take you to my TpT store where you can download this resource for free!!

Enjoy!

Best Seller Saturday!

I'm excited to link up with The Hickman Five for Best Seller Saturday!

The theme for today are your best sellers in either free or paid products!  I'm going to go ahead and post my best product in both categories!  

Hands down, my best selling product this week was my math vocabulary posters for Math Module 4. These vocabulary posters are colorful and help keep important math key terms in front of students' eyes at all times.  I printed and laminated a set for each module and I change them out as needed.  They keep my walls colorful and provide great visuals for ELL students.  Click the picture to check out the product file!

This is one of my first products.  I've been meaning to go in an do a product cover overhaul in my store but I just haven't set aside time for it yet. It really needs to happen.

My best selling free product was my task card set for adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.  This thing has been dowloaded like crazy since I uploaded it...just three days ago!  It's one the top 3rd highest downloaded product in my store.  Fractions are so fun and I love teaching fraction units!  Click the picture to download the file!

Thanks for reading my post for Best Seller Saturday!  Leave a comment so I can chat with you!

FREEBIE FRIDAY!

I love Fridays.  I also love Fridays when it's Payday Friday.  Do you know what I love more than that?  A Freebie Friday on Payday Friday.  Oh yea...

I'm linking up with Teaching Blog Addict today for Freebie Friday!

Here's a new freebie that went up on my store last night...Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Task Cards.

These cards will give your students practice with this in a non-threatening way.  Go ahead...download them.  I also have adding and subtracting with like denominators for free on my store if you need a simpler activity for lower grade levels!

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?