PART ONE: BACKGROUND AND SUGGESTIONS FOR USE
Chapter 1. Why Fractions Are Important
Chapter 2. All About Unit Fractions
Chapter 3. Eight Core Concepts for Understanding Fractions
The Core Concepts Trajectory
Chapter 4. About This Book
Using Assessment Questions to Inform Instruction
Sample Teaching and Assessing Paths
PART TWO: THE CORE CONCEPTS TRAJECTORY
Core Concept 1. Estimating Proportions
Core Concept 2. Equally Partitioning Area, Linear, and Set Models
Core Concept 3. Naming and Counting Fractional Amounts
Core Concept 4. Composing and Decomposing Quantities
Core Concept 5. Partitioning Unit Fractions to Make Smaller Unit Fractions
Core Concept 6. Comparing Fractions
Core Concept 7. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Core Concept 8. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions