Fraction Review Foldable

After my recent post on practicing fraction operations alongside a question stack, several commenters asked how just I reviewed fractions alongside my students.

Now, exceed along inward heed that I'm educational activity this to Algebra 2 students.  I'm focusing on the algorithms for working alongside fractions - non conceptual understanding.  I'd dearest to direct keep the fourth dimension to create more, but we've got to a greater extent than than plenty materials to encompass inward Algebra 2.  I demand my kiddos to non freak out if at that spot is a fraction inward a problem.  I demand my kids to non freak out when nosotros get working alongside rational expressions soon.

I reviewed this topic alongside my Algebra 1 students a few weeks earlier.  I had them write out most of the notes past times hand.  It was slow.  Painstakingly slow.  And, approximately of my students couldn't fifty-fifty read the notes when nosotros were done because their handwriting is together with hence messy.  I actually liked the ordering of topics, together with hence I kept that.  But, I changed it to direct keep much less writing. This was likewise skillful because I wanted to pass equally piffling fourth dimension equally possible on fraction review.

First upwardly - parts of a fraction.  I dearest educational activity kids the give-and-take "vinculum."  I said it was the kind of fun fact that they could throw at at a party.  "Hey, create you lot know what the work betwixt the numerator together with denominator inward a fraction is called?"  They asked me if I wanted them to larn trounce upwardly at the party.  I guess nosotros hang out at unlike sorts of parties...

Then, I decided to review 2 things that I larn students quest nigh a lot.  How create you lot brand an integer into a fraction?  And, is -a/b together with a/-b the same thing???

The adjacent section, equivalent fractions, has been a game changer inward my classroom this year.  I gave them the light-green boxes together with asked them to figure out how to brand an equivalent fraction.  This seemed super easy.  It should direct keep since we're inward high school.

Open to the within of the booklet foldable:

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 quick review of reducing fractions.

Then, notes on adding/subtracting fractions.  In the past, I would only nation them to larn a mutual denominator.  Too often, students would uncovering a novel denominator together with hold out out all the numerators the same.  I could never figure out why they would create this.

This time, though, I connected it to the thought of equivalent fractions nosotros had only gone over.  I had actually emphasized that whatsoever nosotros create to the numerator, nosotros direct keep to create to the denominator.  It worked wonders!  I'd ever only assumed that kids could uncovering mutual denominators.  This is the offset fourth dimension I've explicitly taught/demonstrated how to create this to my students.  And, I intend this is making a huge difference.

To assist them recollect that they entirely add/subtract the numerators together with exceed along the denominator the same, I said "We worked really, actually difficult to larn equivalent fractions alongside that denominator.  Let's exceed along it that way!"

My multiplication together with partitioning notes were pretty forthwith forward.  Nothing super interesting there.  The most mutual fault was students trying to cross multiply.  All the time.  For approximately reason, they only encounter fractions together with desire to cross multiply.  I told them we're never going to cross multiply this year.

We seat 4 practise problems inward our notes.  And, the adjacent 24-hour interval nosotros did the question stack activity alongside private white boards.

Want the file?  I've uploaded here it equally an editable Publisher file together with a non-editable PDF file.

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