Fractions

Last week we started some work with fractions! For many kids that word, "fractions" brings with it some scary and intimidating connotations. Many students just don't feel like they are "good at fractions". Most of our work during 2nd quarter revolves around fractions, comparing, ordering, converting, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing! Because having a solid base knowledge and building confidence are very important, we have spent the last few days reviewing basic fraction concepts, including vocabulary of fractions, unit fractions and finding fractional parts of a whole. For some, this may have felt like a slow process. We promise challenge to come! We just needed to make sure everyone got started on the same foot.  We will be moving into comparing fractions starting tomorrow.