Fractions—More Than Apples and Pies TERESA HAMMOND, WVDELYNN BAKER, NBCT

Session Goals  Share evidence of student understanding related to fluency  Explore the need for developing number sense related to fractions.

Kathy Seeley

Evidence of Student Learning  5 minutes/teacher  Summarize mathematical task used to develop fluency  Share evidence of student learning  Seek input from fellow teachers  Respect student privacy

What is Fraction Sense?

Beyond Pizzas & Pies Julie McNamara & Meghan M. Shaughnessy “Fraction sense implies a deep and flexible understanding of fractions that is not dependent on any one context or type of problem. Fraction sense is tied to common sense: Students with fraction sense can reason about fractions and don’t apply rules and procedures blindly; nor do they give nonsensical answers to problems involving fractions.”

Developing Fraction Sense  Know Your Standards  Don’t Skip the Manipulatives  Quit Teaching Tricks  Improve your own Fraction Sense

Know Your Standards  Progression Document-Number and Operations-Fractions Grade 3-5  Skim Grade Level Information  Identify a concept that you want to study  Illustrative Mathematics   Turn On CC Math 

Don’t Skip the Manipulatives  Conceptua Math   Number Line  Area Models  Objects Teresa’s Video

Quick Teaching Tricks

Phil Daro

Improve Your Own Fraction Sense

Next Steps  Improve your fraction sense.  Strive to develop understanding.  Lobby to use resources during PLC to develop content knowledge.  NCTM and Hunt Institute Videos  State-Standards/Teaching-and-Learning-Mathematics-with-the- Common-Core/#3 State-Standards/Teaching-and-Learning-Mathematics-with-the- Common-Core/#3