In this course participants will explore grade level standards for Fractional Understanding and Computation for 3rd grade through 5th grade.  Participants will explore topics of equivalency and comparison along with operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions.  Included will be grade level activities to support learning along with resources to use in the classroom to develop deeper fractional understanding for our learners.  

This is a blended course with 9 clock hours for attending synchronously and 6 clock hours for asynchronously completing the Google Classroom portion of the class for a total of 15 STEM clock hours. 

Big Ideas in Fractions for Grade 3-5

Part One:  Synchronous (9 Hours Total)

1. Day One:  Understand the progress of fraction understanding through grade level standards.  Develop greater understanding of fractions as numbers, equivalence, and comparison.  
2. Day Two:  Engage in routines and rich tasks for partitioning, comparing and equivalent fractions. 
3. Day Three:  Understand the progression and grade level standards for fractional operations of addition and subtraction.  
4. Day Four:  Engage in routines and rich tasks for addition and subtraction of fractions with like and unlike denominators.
5. Day Five:  Understand the progression of grade level standards for fractional operation of multiplication and division.  
6. Day Six:  Engage in routines and rich tasks for multiplication and division of fractions.  

Part Two:  Asynchronous (Google Classroom 6 Hours)

1. Read and respond to NCTM's position on integration of STEM into Math Classrooms
2. Engage in rich tasks that support both fractional understanding and fractional operations.  
3. Explore instructional routines to support fractional thinking at your grade level.  Try out routines in the classroom and reflect on the implementation. 
4. Hear the thinking of other mathematicians such as Jo Boaler, Graham Fletcher, and Dan Finkel.  
5. Reflect on how your thinking/teaching has changed as a result of this course.