Assignment: Writing Directions - Adding Fractions
Tonight you are to write directions for teaching someone how to add fractions. You will be graded on your thoroughness in completing the following:
Assume they need the very basics – although they do know what numbers are and how to use them.
*Make sure you cover what a fraction is; a picture might help. Assume this is new news.
*Explain what the top and the bottom of the fraction represent (not the vocabulary part, the actual thing). You do not have permission to use the words numerator, denominator, or factor.
*Finish with an equation that represents your example.
This must be a lesson that is freestanding. What I mean by that is that anyone should be able to pick up your directions and teach anyone to add fractions. You can imagine yourself teaching a group of first graders, younger sibling, or simply someone who does not know how to add fractions. Perhaps you are writing instructions for a textbook? Figure out a scenario and go with it.
Finally, come up with a way for your student to remember how to add fractions … what is the key to knowing the different steps when multiplying versus adding? Why are the steps so very different?
I recommend reading your directions aloud to someone who is pretending to (or actually?) learn fractions. This will test the accuracy of your words and alert you if you've left something important out.
Please write up your instructions neatly or type them up to turn in.
Due Tuesday
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