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Lesson Plan Check out my lesson plan with teacher's notes and practice problems on how to teach 5th grade students addition and subtraction of fractions with both like and unlike denominators.
Teaching Video Watch my colleagues' and my instructional video on how to teach three digit addition with regrouping through the use of base ten blocks and a place value mat. This activity aligns with the grade 2 math Common Core State Standard of "using placing place value and properties of operations to add and subtract." By using manipulatives, such as base ten blocks, students are able to form a better conceptual understanding of abstract ideas, like addition.
Annotated Review Read my analysis of Stephanie Thornton's Children Solving Problems.