Everything You Never Learned About Fractions- Part 1

Kids should have time and space to learn concepts and should have the chance to talk about math and demonstrate understanding through performance tasks, not just paper and pencil activities. 

What follows is not an exhaustive explanation of fractions - This episode is focused on giving educators and parents some “look fors” and questions to ask to help children begin to explore their understanding of fractions as numbers.
This episode talks about the 5 mental actions of fractions: 

1. Unitizing
2. Fragmenting and Partitioning
3. Iterating
4. Disembedding
5. Distributing

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