Special Education Fractions Adding Fractions with Like and Unlike Denominators

This Special Education Fraction unit provides practice adding fractions with like denominators and adding fractions with, unlike denominators with scaffolded practice.

The book walks through the steps for adding fractions, including:

• how to find the least common denominator
• how to find the greatest common factor
• how to simplify your final answer if needed (covers proper and improper fractions)

There are 2 power cards for students to use while working through the unit. One outlines the steps of adding fractions. One card shows how to simplify an improper fraction. There is also an example on each card for students to refer to.

There are 4 worksheet sets to help students work through the steps. The worksheets provide less and less support (fewer answers pre-filled in) as students go through them.

• Set 1 (3 worksheets): students find the LCD
• Set 2 (3 worksheets): students add numerators and evaluate the final answer (proper/improper, needs to be simplified or not)
• Set 3 (7 worksheets): students simplify proper and improper fractions
• Set 4 (10 worksheets): students go through all the steps of adding fractions

There are daily group activities using the vocabulary and fractions cards included in the unit.

Finally, there is a quiz to assess understanding at the end of the unit.

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There are suggestions for differentiation, so all of your students are able to utilize the components in this unit. 

*****This unit contains digital activities. There are 60 google slides which include a differentiated set of slides and a movie version of the book.

See the preview for a more detailed look at the contents.

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Adding Fractions Unit Includes:

• 15 day lesson plan
• 34 page book on finding multiples and the least common denominator (includes a movie version)
• Vocabulary board
• 11 Vocabulary cards
• power cards listing the steps to finding a common denominator and adding fractions with examples
• Fraction cards
• Worksheet sets (includes digital activities)
  • Set 1 (3 worksheets): students find the LCD
  • Set 2 (3 worksheets): students add numerators and evaluate the final answer (proper/improper, needs to be simplified or not)
  • Set 3 (7 worksheets): students simplify proper and improper fractions
  • Set 4 (10 worksheets): students go through all the steps of adding fractions
  • detailed answer keys for all worksheets

• Quiz (includes digital activities)
• 60 google slides

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated into these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.

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