Adding Fractions Progression and Practice

In this activity the idea is that to help students develop tools for fraction addition. One way to do that without just telling them the rules is to use a progression of successively more and more complex problems. In this activity, the problems become more and more complex with practice along the way and then finishes with a Challenge Creator so students can create their own fraction addition problem. This is intended to be a mix of investigation, consolidation and practice and likely won't be done in a single period. Your students are encouraged to use this app so they can have digital fraction strips to use: https://mathigon.org/polypad and choose Fractions from the left hand menu The progression of problems was developed with Gisele Jobin and the fraction template used in the Challenge Creator was borrowed from this activity from Jennifer Vadnais https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/57d767ad1affb4830c6cfa66

By David Petro