Students should remember key vocabulary & properties of mathematics. A fraction is divided into equal parts (congruent; same shape, same size). The top is called the numerator (up), and the bottom is the denominator (down). The numerator is the number of pieces you are counting, while the denominator is the parts of the entire object. Students will also learn that a unit fraction is one part out of the total number of pieces (of the whole).
They will continue to practice fractions on a number line, by splitting pieces equally to find the fraction shown. Number lines are a great way to visually show these equal units of measurement--numerically, and with pictures! The students will also be constantly practicing proper terminology for the naming of fractions in word and number form (one half & 1/2, one third & 1/3, one fourth & 1/4...). We are trying our best to relate mathematics to real-world situations, and finding the ways in which we use fractions in our everyday lives!
They will continue to practice fractions on a number line, by splitting pieces equally to find the fraction shown. Number lines are a great way to visually show these equal units of measurement--numerically, and with pictures! The students will also be constantly practicing proper terminology for the naming of fractions in word and number form (one half & 1/2, one third & 1/3, one fourth & 1/4...). We are trying our best to relate mathematics to real-world situations, and finding the ways in which we use fractions in our everyday lives!