Fraction Concepts – 5th Grade Math Curriculum Unit

Unit 4 of the 5th Grade Math Curriculum is a ready-to-use unit on fraction concepts. It guides students from visual understanding to comparing and ordering fractions.

You get detailed lessons, practice, digital assessments and teacher supports for planning and instruction.

Topics covered

The unit has 11 days of content covering:

• Understanding fractions as division and visual models
• Converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers
• Simplifying fractions
• Identifying and writing equivalent fractions
• Comparing and ordering fractions and mixed numbers

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
• Hands-on activities and partner games, including matching games, card sorts 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, so you can fit them to your classroom. PowerPoint is required for editing.
• Not editable: copyright information, backgrounds, formatting, foldable templates and graphics.
• Scaffolding and extension opportunities are built in.
• Prep is low. Everything is ready to print or project.
• The unit mixes print and digital options.

Quick facts

• Topic: fraction concepts, equivalent fractions, comparing and ordering fractions
• Grades: 4–5
• CCSS: 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.C.5
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

For a digital version, see the Digital Notebook Edition: Fraction Concepts 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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