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Fourth Grade Fraction Workshop. Objective.
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Objective Teachers will have a deeper understanding of the Fraction Domain of the Common Core. They will demonstrate their understanding through their struggle of working through the given activities and through the use of precise language when sharing their thinking.
What is a Fraction? It is a Number!!!
Fractions is taught by doing not by telling. • Fractions is more than just a part of the whole.
Activity 1 • Discuss
Two important aspects about Fractions • Specifying the Whole • Explaining what is meant by equal parts
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives • Fractions Visualizing • http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_1.html
The Fat Inch • Directions
Comparison • Same Numerator • Same Denominator • Compare to a benchmark
Equivalence by Subdividing the area 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3
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Closing Activity • Highlight • In Blue what you are sure of • In Yellow what you still have questions • In Red what you do not understand