FRACTIONS: Cracking the Code in Grades 3-6
A crash course for parents & educators exploring how fractions are taught in math classrooms today and why.
Location
Online
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About this event
Overview
Tired of teaching tricks that don’t stick?
Frustrated by how quickly your students forget everything they “learned” about fractions?
Ready to build real fraction understanding that lasts?
Parents & Educators, this one's for you.
Join math education experts for a deep dive into the most dreaded—and most misunderstood—topic in elementary math: fractions. This comprehensive webinar will help you move beyond gimmicks and guide your students toward genuine conceptual understanding, using proven models and strategies that make fractions finally click.
Learning outcomes for participants include:
- Learn how to use bar models, area models, and number lines to help your students develop a deep, lasting understanding of fractions.
- Gain strategies for helping students distinguish between congruent and equivalent fractions—so they trust their logic, not just visuals.
- Confidently teach your students how to compare, add, subtract, and multiply fractions (including mixed numbers) with conceptual clarity.
Bonus Resource FREE with your webinar ticket!
Every participant will receive a workbook designed to be used during and after the session—packed with problem sets, model examples, and teaching tips that let you immediately apply what you’ve learned. It’s your ready-to-go guide for turning theory into practice—and it’s yours, free, as a thank-you for joining us.
Tricia Salerno, co-author of We Didn't Learn Math This Way! A K–5 Guide for the Confused Adult, will lead this webinar, offering a clear, practical look at how fractions are taught in today's Grades 3-6 classrooms. Drawing on years of classroom experience and curriculum design, Tricia—along with fellow math expert and co-creator Peggy Golden—has developed this powerful, classroom-ready resource to help you level up your fraction instruction with confidence and clarity.
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Frequently asked questions
Definitely. The more time you spend learning how to teach fractions, the stronger your understanding will become. You will also see how concepts that are taught in PreK - 2nd grade classrooms, scaffold to help students tackle fractions once they enter higher grades.
Absolutely. If you are a school educator, this webinar will help you understand what your students have already learned. You can better meet them where they are. If you are a parent, it will help you reflect on what your child learned, and whether there are gaps in their knowledge.
No worries! We understand that parents and educators have busy lives. Our webinar will be recorded and sent out to you via email in the days following. We love delivering content in this way because it allows us to serve busy people, even if you miss the big day!
Absolutely! We will have a Q&A at the end of the webinar. You can submit your questions then or pre-submit your questions via email at dreamteam@whathemath.com. If you have a question now, send it along! We will try to get back to you as soon as we can.
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