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Fractions are quite abstract for many students. I really want to use more concrete and visual representations of process. Unit of measure is especially important. I want to focus on getting students to articulate exactly what their answer means (reverse expression of etc.). The reciprocal is embedded into many concepts (graphing, proportional reasoning etc.) and is often a big downfall. Back to basics to build things up