Description

Help your students understand the importance of unit fractions.

This two hour course is packed with essential information and important details which your students need to know, including:

  • how to define numerators and denominators in terms of unit fractions.
  • composing numbers from unit fractions.
  • decomposing numbers into unit fractions.
  • why whole numbers have a denominator of one.
  • why unit fractions are considered a standard unit of measure.
  • comparing numbers with the same numerator.
  • modeling unit fractions
  • ordering unit fractions
  • placing unit fractions on the number line

Course Information

  • Completely online
  • Work independently
  • $25  due with registration
  • Immediate access  to course materials upon confirmation of payment
  • Course access via MY ACCOUNT button on home page
  • Syllabus to guide you through the course
  • Handouts and worksheets to use with your students included
  • Instructor support available
  • Certificate of Participation for two hours upon successful completion of course
  • Details

The Teaching Fractions Series

IN FOCUS: Teaching Unit Fractions is part of a series of courses that focus on teaching fractions. The later courses include ideas and information which was shared in earlier courses. Here is a list of the courses in order:

IN FOCUS: Teaching Unit Fractions (this course)

IN FOCUS: Teaching Proper Fractions

IN FOCUS: Teaching Equivalent Fractions

IN FOCUS: Teaching Improper Fractions