A helpful tool for today's elementary school mathematics teachers, this packet helps students explore, think critically, analyze, and have fun with fractions. Make math exciting, and give your students the pracrice that they need with these engaging, skill-building activities.

A helpful tool for today's elementary school mathematics teachers, this packet helps students explore, think critically, analyze, and have fun with decimals. Make math exciting, and give your students the pracrice that they need with these engaging, skill-building activities.

An essential tool for today's elementary school mathematics teachers, this book helps students explore, think critically, analyze, and have fun with math. Make math exciting, and begin each math lesson with one of these engaging, skill-building activities. Capture students? attention with workouts including logic puzzles, graphing, time trials, and much more!

For years, the teaching and learning of fractions has been associated with rote memorization. But this mechanical approach to instruction—which strips students of an ability to reason or make sense of math—has resulted in a failure of understanding. Author Monica Neagoy, drawing on decades of research studies, evidence from teacher practice, and 25 years of experience working around the world with teachers, students, and parents, addresses seven big ideas in the teaching and learning of fractions in grades 2–6. Each idea is supported by a vignette from a real classroom, common misconceptions, a thorough unpacking of productive mathematical thinking, and several multistep and thought-provoking problems for teachers to explore. She offers three fundamental reasons why it’s imperative for us to take a closer look at how we teach fractions: 1. Fractions play a key role in students’ feelings about mathematics. 2. Fractions are fundamental to school math and daily life. 3. Fractions are foundational to success in algebra. While a solid grounding in algebra is necessary for a STEM career, the worthy goal of “algebra for all” will not be possible until “fractions for all” is a reality. Unpacking Fractions provides teachers with concrete strategies for achieving that reality—in short, helping all students gain the knowledge they need to feel at ease with fractions.

This workbook is designed to help students in grade 5 develop their skills in working with fractions. With a focus on building a strong understanding of fraction concepts and operations, this workbook provides a range of activities and exercises to reinforce key fraction skills. This workbooks is first in the group of three workbook on fractions covering basics of fractions including the names of fractions, types of fractions, and building on advanced topics like equivalent fractions. Key features of the workbook include: * A variety of practice problems, including both mental math exercises and written problems, to reinforce key fraction skills and concepts. * Gradually increasing complexity of problems to provide opportunities for students to build confidence and deepen their understanding of fractions. * Covers topics like, names of fractions, identification of fractions, differentiation between numerators, denominators, learning about types of fractions and equivalent fractions. * Answer keys for all problems, allowing students to check their work and learn from their mistakes. Overall, this workbook is an essential resource for any grade 5 student looking to improve their fraction skills and build a strong foundation in math. By mastering the concepts and skills covered in this workbook, students will be well-prepared for more advanced math topics in the years ahead, such as algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.