Welcome Back! (and Homework)

 Assignment: Adding & Subtracting Fractions

Due: Wednesday, January 7

This should be a review for everyone today. Even those who were less confident admitted that they had done a lot of fraction addition & subtraction in elementary school. Frankly, I don't see a huge difference on this front from what they learned in the 4th grade, but this is considered 7th-grade fraction material, so that is all that is on this worksheet. 

Soon, we will be starting application problems (the bulk of the learning) and the unit review, where they can select how deep they want to dig into fractions. In class, we have moved back to our factors and multiples game to boost-up those important skills, but this time we are playing a cooperative version rather than competing. Repetition breeds familiarity!

So what can you do?

Adding and subtracting basic fractions is considered review, so check-in to see if your child needs support in remembering the necessary steps. We went over them in class today, but if they are super rusty, they could need you to help them add notes. Check to see that they understand common denominators and don't ADD the denominators when working. The example on the paper shows the steps they need to write out and will allow me to see where any errors occur. If they don't want to work in the boxes, they can work on another sheet of paper and staple it to the original ... or just hand in the other sheet with the title listed. 

Next up are ratios, proportions, and percents, so these building blocks are key to being successful moving on!