Fraction Fun by David A. Adler posted by Alexandra Diaz

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Title: Fraction Fun
By David A. Adler
Illustrated by Nancy Tobin
Grade Level (s):
 3 -4 grade
Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed

Number and Operations—Fractions

• Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

3b. Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

3c. Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.

Examples: Express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram.

Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.

3d. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.

Summary:

This book is a basic introduction to the concept of fractions, the book introduces the concept of numerator and denominator and encourages students to compare what happens when either number increases, and how to put them in simple terms so students will be able to understand the idea of fractions.

Rating: () I recommend this book as it present math in a simple exploration of fractions. In which different objects are used to illustrate the concept, from pizza to coins. The information given in this book is accurate.

Classroom Ideas:

This book could be used with more than a few ways to help students to understand the topic of fractions including adding and subtracting fractions, decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, to solving word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number.