Add Fractions With a Common Denominator

This number sense lesson focuses on adding fractions with a common denominator. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem and make sure both fractions have a common denominator. Then, they find the sum of the fractions by keeping the denominator the same, adding the numerators, and then representing the sum by shading in the figure. Then, they determine if the sum can be shown by an equivalent fraction using lower numbers, and shading in the figure. Finally, students read the addition problem with the sum. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

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