Adding Related Denominators

Module 6, Lesson 3
Extra Practice

Students work in pairs to add fractions. Students place the cards face up and, on their turn, select two cards with different denominators. Students estimate the sum, then calculate it exactly. Students who need additional support finding equivalent fractions can use the support page linked below.  Play continues until all cards are used.

Support Page
Full Description of Activity, Including Cards

Target 1: Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

Module 6, Lesson 2
Extra Challenge

Player 1 chooses a card and places it anywhere in one of the equations. Players alternate choosing cards and placing the fractions on their gamboard until all 5 equations for each player are completed. To score the game, players calculate total of all the sums of their equations. Students earn a bonus point for any equation with a sum equal to 1. Students continue playing for multiple rounds.

One option to help develop conceptual understanding is to have students model their equations on number lines or using fraction tiles.

Fraction Cards
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Technology Integration: Using Digital Geoboards to Create Parallelograms

Module 5, Lesson 10
Extra Practice

Assign groups of students to create different types of parallelograms using the digital Geoboard from The Math Learning Center. Call on groups students to display their shapes, asking the rest of the class to describe the features and characteristics of the shapes, as well as compare and contrast the attributes of each shape.Students can also take screen shots of their creations and share them with you in the Google Drive.

Tip:  Put the link to the geoboard website into your Google Classroom so students can navigate to it quickly.

Geoboard from The Math Learning Center
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Restaurant Menu Math with Decimals

Module 3 Enrichment Activity 1

In this fun enrichment activity, students use decimal addition to calculate the cost of a meal at a restaurant. 

Be sure to bring in or print off some restaurant menus for your students. 

To make this even more engaging, consider having students fill in a "Guest Check" as if they were really at a restaurant.

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Click for Printable Guest Check

Decimal Sums Closer to Ten

Module 5, Lesson 1
Extra Practice

In this partner activity, students create decimals and add them together. The goal is to have a sum closest to 10.

Recording Sheet

Equivalent Fractions

Module 4, Lesson 1
Extra Practice

This differentiation activity gives students an opportunity to practice generating equivalent fractions.

Spinner
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Understanding Decimals Review

As you near the end of Module 3, you can engage students in this center/workstation that reviews many of the important concepts they've learned.  Students can use spinners/dice/cards to generate a decimal.  They then write their decimal as a number, represent it visually, write it in expanded form, and round to a particular place value. Place these sheets in a page protector, give students a dry erase marker, and you've got an easy, reusable workstation with very little prep!

Student Sheets