This course focuses on fraction understanding and fraction computation. This course is for students who are prepared to see fractions and think about how they relate to one another and the world around them! We will meet eight times and each class builds on the previous discussion and understanding. Each class will be based on carefully curated problems that lead to questions and understanding about how numbers relate and why answers to problems make sense. 

We will use physical manipulatives as well as bar models, area models and number lines to make sense of the work we do.

Each class will begin with a warmup problem and a quick discussion to establish classroom community expectations. Students will be asked questions and it is hoped that students will explain their thinking so that we can all benefit from patterns that we see. Each daily problem set will build intentionally to allow students to 'see' the patterns and methods that will make the most sense to them. Students will leave each class able to explain standard algorithms but also show alternate ways to find a solution.

Daily challenges will involve discussion and seeking as many ways to solve a problem as we decide makes sense. In this course we are expected to make mistakes and build on each other's thinking. We will also agree on steps we can ALWAYS use to find answers to fraction problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!