Unit 3
Unit 3: Fractions (38 days)
Develop and use strategies & methods (concrete models, pictorial models, area model and properties of operations) for fraction computation in order to solve problems
Represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with unequal denominators referring to the same whole using objects and pictorial models and properties of operations
Compare and represent fractions in multiple ways
Add/Subtract Fractions and Mixed #’s with Unlike Denominators
Subtract Mixed #’s w/Regrouping
Estimate Fractions w/Sums and Differences using Benchmark Fractions
Multiply Fractions: Find Part of a Group
Division of Whole Number by Unit Fraction and Unit Fraction by Whole Number including using Models and Number Lines
The use of the standard algorithm is not a focus in this unit
Reinforcement of all facts through 12 x 12
TEKS: 5.3H 5.3I 5.3J 5.3K 5.3L
Unit 3
How is the addition/subtraction/multiplication/division of fractions with like denominators alike/different from the addition/subtraction/multiplication/division of fractions with unlike denominators?
How does the property of operations apply to addition/subtraction/multiplication/division fractions with unlike denominators?
How is addition/subtraction/multiplication/division fractions alike/different from addition/subtraction/multiplication/division whole numbers?
Key Academic Vocabulary
New terms to the grade level are listed
Unit 3
5.3(H), 5.3(K), 5.4(A)
common denominator, composite number, improper fraction, mixed number, prime number