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NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes
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"These notes are AMAZING to use for SDC! The artwork makes it fun and the organization that is already there saves me so so much time! I do not regret purchasing this at all! "
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Description

Learning is simply more fun when you can simultaneously doodle. Notes like these for common core standard 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions: Unlike Denominators) will be sure to connect with students and lead to greater retention and deeper understanding.

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COMPONENTS
1. 3 Art-Integration Worksheets designed to deepen the connection between the learner and the math concept.
2. Written Instructions and Best Practices
3. Answer Key: All three pages of Number Notes with solutions and finished coloring examples.
4. The video that accompanies these notes. Linked here in description:
https://numberock.com/lessons/adding-subtracting-fractions-unlike-denominators/

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LEARNING GOALS

I can take two fractions without the same denominators and create equivalent fractions from the two fractions so that they compose fractions whose denominators are the same. From there, I can add or subtraction the newly composed equivalent fractions with like denominators to easily find the sum or difference of the fractions.

I can add and subtract fractions with different denominators and represent them using models and pictures.

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Discover More 5th Grade Number Notes:
5th Grade Number Notes Bundle
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Operations - Numbers
1: Decimal Place Value
2: Powers of 10
3: Comparing Decimals
4: Rounding Decimals
5: Multiplying Whole Numbers
6: Dividing by a One or Two-Digit Divisor
7: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
8: Multiplying Decimals
9: Dividing Decimals

Operations - Algebraic Thinking
10: Order of Operations
11: Writing and Interpreting Numerical Expressions
12: Patterns and Ordered Pairs

Operations - Fractions
13: Currently Viewing
14: Fractions as Division
15: Multiplying Whole Numbers by Fractions
16: Multiplying Fractions
17: Multiplying Mixed Numbers
18: Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers

Measurement & Data
19: Converting Metric and U.S. Customary Units
20: Using Measurement Data (Line Plots)
21: Measuring the Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Geometry
22: The Coordinate Plane
23: Classifying Polygons

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SUGGESTED USES:

- math practice and review

- math journal insert

- eeepening conceptual understanding with geometric models.

- enrichment activity to follow NUMBEROCK math music videos

- teacher facilitated, whole-group activity. (Guided Note-Taking)

- intervention and review,

- Response to Intervention (RTI) Lesson

- math station and centers activity (guided-math)

- spiraling back for reinforcement

- fun SBAC, FSA, or PARCC test-prep feview activity

- hand-out to fast finishers / enrichment

- great for sub plan - easy implementation for substitute teachers

- math activity for students who like to doodle

- notes for reference of learned concepts

- 5.NF.A.1 & 5.NF.A.2 review

- Arts-Integration

- lesson plan time saver

- making math more fun and arts-based

- no prep activities

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About the Product

These teacher-facilitated notes will not only solidify students’ mastery of CCSS 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2 but will do so in a fun way that makes students feel as though they are in a hybrid class of math and art. Even though it is super fun for a math lesson (along with our music videos, maybe the most fun, ever), Number notes do not go light on rigor and depth, and will help lead students toward mastery of 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2.

The visual aids and geographic models in Number Notes help students to not only grasp the procedural knowledge, but also to dig deeper, shedding light on conceptual understanding.

After the students are finished with the final designs and coloring of their doodle, notes like these make a great addition to math journals, as well as looking terrific on bulletin boards - or perhaps even in a gold leaf frame atop the fireplace.

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Common Core Alignment:

5.NF.1 | 5.NF.1.1

Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)

5.NF.2 | 5.NF.1.2

Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.

Other Alignments:

Texas | Math TEK 5.3H, TEK 4.3E

Florida | MAFS.5.NF.1.1 & MAFS.5.NF.1.2

Virginia | SOL 4.5a, SOL 4.5b & SOL 5.6a

UK National Curriculum | KS2 | Year 4 | Strand F4

Australian Curriculum | Year 6 | ACMNA126

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NUMBER NOTES ★ Adding & Subtracting Fractions Activity ★ 5th Grade Guided Notes

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"These notes are AMAZING to use for SDC! The artwork makes it fun and the organization that is already there saves me so so much time! I do not regret purchasing this at all! "
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"Loved that you provided a colorful finished product that I could print for my students who struggle with writing small enough to fit. I loved it, it hit all the different strategies."
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Description

Learning is simply more fun when you can simultaneously doodle. Notes like these for common core standard 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions: Unlike Denominators) will be sure to connect with students and lead to greater retention and deeper understanding.

============================

COMPONENTS
1. 3 Art-Integration Worksheets designed to deepen the connection between the learner and the math concept.
2. Written Instructions and Best Practices
3. Answer Key: All three pages of Number Notes with solutions and finished coloring examples.
4. The video that accompanies these notes. Linked here in description:
https://numberock.com/lessons/adding-subtracting-fractions-unlike-denominators/

============================

LEARNING GOALS

I can take two fractions without the same denominators and create equivalent fractions from the two fractions so that they compose fractions whose denominators are the same. From there, I can add or subtraction the newly composed equivalent fractions with like denominators to easily find the sum or difference of the fractions.

I can add and subtract fractions with different denominators and represent them using models and pictures.

============================

Discover More 5th Grade Number Notes:
5th Grade Number Notes Bundle
Discounted 45% Vs Buying Piecemeal

Operations - Numbers
1: Decimal Place Value
2: Powers of 10
3: Comparing Decimals
4: Rounding Decimals
5: Multiplying Whole Numbers
6: Dividing by a One or Two-Digit Divisor
7: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
8: Multiplying Decimals
9: Dividing Decimals

Operations - Algebraic Thinking
10: Order of Operations
11: Writing and Interpreting Numerical Expressions
12: Patterns and Ordered Pairs

Operations - Fractions
13: Currently Viewing
14: Fractions as Division
15: Multiplying Whole Numbers by Fractions
16: Multiplying Fractions
17: Multiplying Mixed Numbers
18: Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers

Measurement & Data
19: Converting Metric and U.S. Customary Units
20: Using Measurement Data (Line Plots)
21: Measuring the Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Geometry
22: The Coordinate Plane
23: Classifying Polygons

============================

SUGGESTED USES:

- math practice and review

- math journal insert

- eeepening conceptual understanding with geometric models.

- enrichment activity to follow NUMBEROCK math music videos

- teacher facilitated, whole-group activity. (Guided Note-Taking)

- intervention and review,

- Response to Intervention (RTI) Lesson

- math station and centers activity (guided-math)

- spiraling back for reinforcement

- fun SBAC, FSA, or PARCC test-prep feview activity

- hand-out to fast finishers / enrichment

- great for sub plan - easy implementation for substitute teachers

- math activity for students who like to doodle

- notes for reference of learned concepts

- 5.NF.A.1 & 5.NF.A.2 review

- Arts-Integration

- lesson plan time saver

- making math more fun and arts-based

- no prep activities

============================

About the Product

These teacher-facilitated notes will not only solidify students’ mastery of CCSS 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2 but will do so in a fun way that makes students feel as though they are in a hybrid class of math and art. Even though it is super fun for a math lesson (along with our music videos, maybe the most fun, ever), Number notes do not go light on rigor and depth, and will help lead students toward mastery of 5.NF.1 & 5.NF.2.

The visual aids and geographic models in Number Notes help students to not only grasp the procedural knowledge, but also to dig deeper, shedding light on conceptual understanding.

After the students are finished with the final designs and coloring of their doodle, notes like these make a great addition to math journals, as well as looking terrific on bulletin boards - or perhaps even in a gold leaf frame atop the fireplace.

============================


Common Core Alignment:

5.NF.1 | 5.NF.1.1

Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)

5.NF.2 | 5.NF.1.2

Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.

Other Alignments:

Texas | Math TEK 5.3H, TEK 4.3E

Florida | MAFS.5.NF.1.1 & MAFS.5.NF.1.2

Virginia | SOL 4.5a, SOL 4.5b & SOL 5.6a

UK National Curriculum | KS2 | Year 4 | Strand F4

Australian Curriculum | Year 6 | ACMNA126

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These notes are AMAZING to use for SDC! The artwork makes it fun and the organization that is already there saves me so so much time! I do not regret purchasing this at all!
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Loved that you provided a colorful finished product that I could print for my students who struggle with writing small enough to fit. I loved it, it hit all the different strategies.
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, 𝘢/𝘣 + 𝘤/𝘥 = (𝘢𝘥 + 𝘣𝘤)/𝘣𝘥.)
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers. For example, recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + 1/2 = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < 1/2.
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