Encourage family participation at home with a reference tool designed to support learners' practice of simplifying fractions. Two pages offer detailed descriptions and labeled examples. 

Concepts

fractions, simplifying, fractions reducing, numerators, denominators, decomposition, identity property, greatest common factor

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide parents and guardians with a brief overview of the reference sheet and answer any questions they may have 
• Send information home prior to starting the unit covering the given topic 

Classroom Considerations

• The reference page is the fifth resource in a series of seven created to assist parents in helping their children at home
• Copies are necessary

Pros

• A Spanish version is available 
• Showcases three different methods

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.NF.A.3.a 3.NF.A.3.b 4.NF.A.1 5.NF.A.1