If any skill will be the death of me, it is definitely Fractions! They are so hard for 5th graders to wrap their heads around. And the standards for 5th grade? Gah, I remember learning some of these standards in middle school! But, unfortunately, they must be taught. In order to make Fractions a bit more tolerable, I created Fraction Tasks and Challenges … [Read more...] about Differentiated Fraction Tasks {And FREEBIE Computation Challenge}
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Math is Real Life – 5.NF.3 Freebie!
This is probably the oddest freebie I will ever share on my blog, but it matches my post and it would spark an interesting conversation in the classroom, so here goes this 5.NF.3 Freebie! My sons love Spam. The thing with Spam is people either love it or hate it. Well, my kids could eat it every day of the week if I let them. The other day I was making them some Spam … [Read more...] about Math is Real Life – 5.NF.3 Freebie!