Reply To: 1-3 – Fractions – Discussion

[Natalie VanWyngaarden]

My big take away was the importance of exposing the kids to mathematical language starting at a young age e.g., names of fractions and even math words like partition. Also we need to be selective about the models we use. The circle model has its issues with odd numbers/ large numbers whereas the area model less so. We need to move from concrete to visual to abstract .