Beyond Pizzas & Pies: 10 Essential Strategies for Supporting Fraction Sense, Grades 3-5

Combining current research and practical strategies, this valuable resource supports teachers in understanding and addressing students' most common misconceptions about fractions, as well as the typical challenges they face. In each chapter, the authors discuss one common dilemma that students have with fractions and present classroom strategies and activities for preventing and addressing that dilemma.Each stand-alone chapter is organized within a friendly, easily accessible framework:* NCTM Connection* Classroom Scenario* What s the Math?* What s the Research?* Classroom Activities* Wrapping It UpA must-have for supporting teachers in providing opportunities for their students to investigate, discuss, revise, expand, and refine their understanding of fractions.Includes reproducibles.

Julie McNamara works for the Center for Mathematics Excellence and Equity at the University of California, Berkeley, providing professional development and classroom coaching to teachers. She also has taught third, fourth, and fifth grades in local public schools. Julie received a Ph.D. in mathematics education from UC Berkeley and has instructed elementary mathematics methods there and at Saint Mary s College in Moraga, California.

Meghan M. Shaughnessy is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Education at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the teaching and learning of elementary mathematics. She designs and studies innovative professional development materials for practicing teachers and teaches mathematics methods courses for preservice elementary teachers. Meghan received a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of California, Berkeley.