Adding and Subtracting Fractions – 5th Grade Curriculum Unit

Unit 5 of the 5th Grade Math Curriculum focuses on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. It has 14 days of content with detailed lessons, practice, digital assessments and teacher supports, guiding students from visual understanding to comparing and ordering fractions.

Topics covered

The 14 days of content cover:

• Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators
• Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
• Adding mixed numbers
• Subtracting mixed numbers (including regrouping)

What’s included

• Editable guided notes in traditional and fold-and-flip styles, to support a variety of learning needs
• Practice pages for classwork, homework or math stations
• Pre-assessment and final assessment, all included as Google Forms and as printable versions for easy grading
• Daily warm-ups and exit tickets, quick checks to start and wrap up each lesson
• Activities, including a partner activity and an end of unit task
• Editable teaching slides with warm ups, exit tickets and notes for whole-group instruction, ready to project or assign digitally
• Student tracking pages to keep tabs on individual progress by standard, skill or lesson

Teacher tools for planning and support:

• Pacing calendar
• Tips and talking points
• Blank lesson plan templates
• Common misconception notes
• Binder covers and spine labels

Good to know

• Questions and notes are editable. PowerPoint is required for editing.
• Copyright information, backgrounds, formatting, foldable templates and graphics are not editable.
• The unit is low prep. Everything is ready to print or project, with a mix of print and digital options.
• Scaffolding and extension opportunities are built in.

Quick facts

• Grade: 5
• CCSS: 5.MD.B.2, 5.NF.A.1, 5.NF.A.2
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

The digital version of this unit is the Adding and Subtracting Fractions Digital Interactive Notebook for 5th Grade.

5th Grade Curriculum units:

• Unit 1: Place Value
• Unit 2: Operations with Whole Numbers
• Unit 3: Decimal Operations
• Unit 4: Fraction Concepts
• Unit 5: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
• Unit 6: Multiplication and Division of Fractions
• Unit 7: Patterns and The Coordinate Plane
• Unit 8: Geometry

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