Teaching Fractions with the Ultimate Fraction Toolkit
“When are we ever going to use this in real life?” Don’t we all love this inevitable question during math class? Basically, it’s the math
Engaging Fraction Games and Activities
Upper Elementary and Middle School Fraction Practice Ready for some engaging fraction games and activities to help upper elementary and middle school math students master
Fractions and Fraction Operations for Upper Elementary and Middle School Math
An Index of Fraction Content Posts Are you teaching fraction operations in middle school (or reteaching fraction concepts when they pop up in middle school?)
Quick and Easy Card Game for Adding Fractions
Students often need extra practice with adding fractions, especially when they aren’t technically learning about it any more. Those fractions pop up in so many
Reviewing Fractions in Middle School Throughout the School Year
A Quick Way to Practice Fraction Concepts Any Time of Year I have a quick way for you to continually review various fraction concepts in
Teaching Fractions in Middle School Math: Finding Equivalent Fractions
Teaching Fractions Series, Week 4: Finding Equivalent Fractions We talked a little bit about equivalent fractions in the Week 2, modeling post, with
Teaching Fractions in Middle School: Using Models
Reviewing the Standards and Teaching Fractions with Models Welcome to Week 2 of the teaching fractions series. Last week, we talked about basic meanings,
Teaching Fractions in Middle School: Reviewing the Basics
Welcome to this blog series about teaching fractions in middle school! For the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at various aspects of teaching fractions:
Fun Middle School Fraction Activity: Fraction Krypto
Have you played the math game, Krypto? This fraction activity is fantastic for problem solving, reasoning, and practicing fraction operations skills. I think your students
Finding the Least Common Denominator with the Ladder Method
Finding the Least Common Denominator with the Ladder Method I recently asked this question on Instagram: “What’s the most challenging math topic to teach/most difficult
How to Teach Fraction Division….Another Way
Teaching Fraction Division in Middle School Have you ever spent time teaching fraction division to your 5th or 6th grade math students (or even to
Teaching Multiplication of Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Three Tips for Teaching Multiplication of Fractions How much do your 6th grade math students love multiplying mixed numbers?? If they’re like mine, they might
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