by Sherry McElhannon | Mar 18, 2021
Read the Post Description: Using area model paper and our favorite Math Might D.C., Shannon models how to add fractions with uncommon...
by Sherry McElhannon | Jul 20, 2020
Read the Post Description: “Just add the numerators” – but why?? Using area model paper, Shannon demonstrates how to add fractions with common denominators with a little help from D.C. and decomposing! Help students to create a great pictorial...
by Sherry McElhannon | Jul 20, 2020
Read the Post Description: One of our favorite Math Mights, Springling has a coily tail, fluffly eyelashes and fur, and likes to hop high to find the distance between two numbers. Springling can also find the distance between two fractions on an open number line, and...
by Sherry McElhannon | Jul 20, 2020
Read the Post Description: Learn the why before the how! Using pattern blocks, see how decomposing with D.C. and renaming (not borrowing!) are the keys to successfully subtracting fractions with mixed...
by Sherry McElhannon | Jul 20, 2020
Read the Post Description: Make this abstract concept concrete with visual representation! Learn the why before the how and why you might not actually have to “skip count to find a common denominator” if you understand equivalent...