I started using choice boards last year and LOVE them! I never gave my students the opportunity to be creative in my classroom. For years, it was notes, homework, and repeat until the test. These choice boards give students the ability to express themselves within their particular learning style. I have been so impressed with the results I get from my students.

This choice board focuses on Adding and Subtracting Fractions. Also included in this file are mini posters that describe each option on the choice board. I put these on a bulletin board that hangs all year, as we do a number of choice boards. You can also show them on a projector when introducing the choice board to your class. I like to distribute the choice boards at the beginning of the unit and give them a due date around the test.

When my students did their first choice board, I gave them a period in class to work on it. Following choice boards were completed entirely on their own time. I have also created and included a general rubric that you can use for any choice board item. To differentiate, I occasionally allow lower level students to complete two choices (I will cross out a row). The other option for differentiation is to reduce the number required for a particular choice. For example, have a student create two story problems rather than four. I also give students extra credit for any choices that they complete beyond the minimum.

I have created 13 choice boards for 5th grade common core math covering the following topics:

Unit 1: Numerical Expressions
Unit 2: Patterns
Unit 3: Place Value
Unit 4: Adding & Subtracting Decimals
Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Decimals
Unit 6: Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Unit 7: Multiplying Fractions
Unit 8: Dividing Fractions
Unit 9: Converting Measurements
Unit 10: Data
Unit 11: Volume
Unit 12: Coordinates
Unit 13: 2-D Figures

You can purchase them together in my Common Core Math -CHOICE BOARD BUNDLE and get 50% off!!!

**Leave Feedback after your purchase to earn TpT credits!!**

Common Core:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.A.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.)
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.A.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.


Common Core Math - CHOICE BOARD Add & Subtract Fractions - 5th Grade by Kimberly Wasylyk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.