Finding Common Denominators - PowerPoint Presentation and Companion Notes

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WHAT IS IT?

- PowerPoint Presentation -
Teaches the skill of finding common denominators and briefly discusses the different mathematical skills that finding common denominators is necessary for (comparing fractions, ordering fractions, adding fractions, subtracting fractions, etc.). Once the skill is taught, the presentation includes six practice problems with explanations.

- PowerPoint Presentation Fill-In-The-Blank Notes -
Students can fill these out as they view the presentation and they can replace traditional note-taking on the subject of finding common denominators.

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WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT IT?

- PowerPoint Presentation -
This presentation has a lively color scheme as well as clean lines and fonts to avoid visual overload for students. Full of impressive animations, the presentation comes to life without much effort.

- PowerPoint Presentation Fill-In-The-Blank Notes -
Notes are spatially pleasing and organized to provide the ultimate student-friendly guide to learning a new skill. Notes layout was designed with two options: 1) notes can be kept in packet form or 2) they can be cut out and glued into notebooks- they are sized to be able to fit into composition notebooks.

Notes are scaffolded:
+ Starts with full instructions reviewing how to complete each step of the process
+ Practice problems 1 & 2 - provided with multiples lines and each fraction is separated into two columns to provide space for organized work
+ Practice problems 3 & 4 - no multiples lines but each fraction is still separated into two columns to provide space for organized work
+ Practice problems 5 & 6 - no multiples lines and fractions are provided together, somewhat like students would see on a typical common denominators worksheet.

Answer Key is provided.

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HOW DO I USE IT?

- PowerPoint Presentation -
Download to your computer (it is already in a PowerPoint file format) and present!

- PowerPoint Presentation Fill-In-The-Blank Notes -
Print and copy for students in packet format. My suggestion would be to have students complete their note packets first, and if you want them to transfer the notes into their notebooks, have them cut out & glue once they are all completed.

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