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Any way you slice it, fractions are foundational
Many students struggle with fractions and must understand them before learning higher-level math. Veteran educator David B. Spangler provides research-based tools that are aligned with NCTM and Common Core State Standards. He describes powerful diagnostic methods for error analysis that pinpoint specific student misconceptions and supplies specific intervention strategies and activities for each error pattern. Also included are tools for analyzing student work and providing timely, specific, and meaningful interventions within an RTI framework. The targeted interventions for each error pattern promote teaching for conceptual understanding and are supported by documented academic research. Practical materials include: Reproducibles for diagnostic tests; Practice pages for exercises keyed to the diagnostic tests and error patterns; Pages for practicing alternative algorithms and ...
A Look at the Academic Research: Intervention in the Mathematics Classroom
Resources for Fraction Concepts
Resource | Blackline Master(s) | Teacher Suggestions |
Number Lines (marked 0 to 1) | 160 | 47–48 |
Number Lines (marked beyond 1) | 161 | 52–53 |
Activity: Multiples in Motion | 162 | 61–62 |
Unit Wholes (length model) | 163 | 66–67 |
Instructional Game: Equivalent Fractions Cover-All | 164–165 | 67–68 |
Activity: Fraction Card Match | 166 | 75 |
Benchmark Fractions | 167 | 75 |
Activity: Paper-Folding to Find Fraction/Decimal Equivalents | 168–169 | 84–85 |
Name _______ Date _______ Class _______
Number Lines (Marked 0 to 1)
Label each number line with the correct fractions.

Name _______ Date _______ Class _______
Number Lines (Marked Beyond 1)
- Draw a point for
on the number line below, and name it A. Then draw a point for
, and name it B.
- Draw a point for
on the number line below, and name it C. Then draw a point for
, and name it D. Finally, draw a point for
, and name it E.
- ...