The Number Line in the Common Core

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.05.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Using rods and ten blocks to recognize lengths
  4. Using base ten blocks for addition and subtraction
  5. Recognize that the size of numbers can correspond to length on a ruler
  6. What is a fraction?
  7. Fractions on the Number Line
  8. Equivalent Fractions
  9. Teaching Strategies
  10. Classroom Activities
  11. Appendix A
  12. Appendix B
  13. Appendix C
  14. Appendix D
  15. Appendix E
  16. Appendix F
  17. Appendix G
  18. Appendix H
  19. Implementing Common Core State Standards
  20. Resources
  21. Endnotes

Moving from Rods to Number Lines to Understand Fractions

Kathleen Geri Gormley

Published September 2016

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Appendix E

Ten Essential Strategies for Supporting Fraction Sense

Strategy 1: Provide opportunities for students to work with irregularly partitioned and unpartitioned, areas, lengths, and number lines.

Strategy 2: Provide opportunities for students to investigate, assess, and refine mathematical “rules” and generalizations.

Strategy 3: Provide opportunities for students to recognize equivalent fractions as different ways to name to same quantity.

Strategy 4: Provide opportunities for students to work with changing units.

Strategy 5: Provide opportunities for students to develop their understanding of the importance of context in fraction comparison tasks.

Strategy 6: Provide opportunities for students to translate between fraction and decimal notation.

Strategy7: Provide opportunities for students to translate between different fraction representations.

Strategy 8: Provide students with multiple strategies for comparing and reasoning about fractions.

Strategy 9: Provide opportunities for students to engage in mathematical discourse and share and discuss their mathematical ideas, even those that may not be fully formed or completely accurate.

Strategy 10: Provide opportunities for students to build on their reasoning and sense making skills about fractions by working with a variety of manipulatives and tools, such as Cuisenaire rods, Pattern blocks, fraction kits, and ordinary items from their lives.4

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