Skills or Understanding Why Not Both

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Skills or Understanding?Why Not Both?

• Paisley Rossetti
• Curriculum Developer
• Education Development Center, Inc.

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Agenda

• PUZZLES
• REPRESENTATIONS
• METHODS

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PUZZLES

• Cross Number Puzzles
• Mystery Number Puzzles
• Multiplication Puzzles

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REPRESENTATIONS

• Array/Area Model
• Fraction Machines
• Dot Model

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METHODS

• Comparison of Fractions
• Zooming in on the Number Line
• Area of Parallelograms, Triangles, and Trapezoids
• Effect of Scaling Dimensions on Area and Volume