Fractions

Fractions

Children will focus on:

• Measuring and estimating liquid volumes using liters and mililiters

• Solving number stories involving mass, volume, and length

• Partitioning fraction strips and using them to name and compare fractions

• Developing an understanding of fractions as distances on a number line

• Representing whole numbers as fractions

• Recognizing and generating equivalent fractions using fraction circle pieces, fraction strips, and number lines

• Identifying and locating fractions greater than, less than, and equal to 1 on a number line

• Using <,>, and = to compare fractions

• Solving number stories involving fractions

• Sharing collections equally and representing the resulting groups with fractions

Vocabulary: denominator, equivalent fractions, fraction, liquid volume, numerator, unit fraction, volume, whole