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5th Grade Fractions Lesson Plans

Are you looking for ways to test your students' knowledge of fractions? Education.com offers challenging, innovative fifth grade fractions lesson plans that cover mixed numbers, numerators, denominators, multiplying fractions, and more. Not only will kids turn their basic skills into advanced fraction knowledge, they'll find learning pleasurable with our hands on lesson plans!

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Fraction Stories

Multiplying with fractions may seem easy to your students, but challenge them with this engaging lesson that requires them to write their own word problems!

Fraction of a Whole

Teach your students to use bar models and multiplication to find a fraction of a whole number.

Back to School Supply Shopping

It’s the beginning of the school year and your class needs supplies! Can your students successfully shop for everything they need and stay on budget? Find out in this real-world application of multiplying whole numbers by decimals.

Make It Work! Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Adding fractions with unlike denominators just doesn't work like it does when the denominators are the same. Let's make it work! Students will add fractions with unlike denominators with sums between one and two.

Organizing Word Problems

Help students solve fraction word problems with a graphic organizer! This lesson addresses Common Core standards while teaching useful skills for standardized test taking.

Show Me Equivalent Fractions!

In this lesson, students will construct their own number lines and bar models to find equivalent fractions.

Word Problems: Adding Mixed Number Fractions

Children often wonder if algorithms are practical. Using this lesson plan, your students will see how the standard algorithm for adding mixed numbers brings life to real world real-world situations.

Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions: Illustrated!

Give your students insight into what’s going on when you multiply a whole number and a fraction! Use this lesson plan to teach your students to illustrate products of whole numbers and fractions using number lines.

This hands-on lesson covers fractions and percentages. Children will have a great time interacting with their fellow classmates and completing surveys as they learn to represent parts of a whole.

Modeling Mixed Number Subtraction

Students will learn to model mixed number subtraction with manipulatives using this hands-on lesson plan.

Fraction Simplest Form by Greatest Common Factor

When fractions have big numerators and denominators, it can be tough to find the simplest form. Fear not! Use this lesson plan to teach your students to find the simplest form using the greatest common factor.

Multiplication of Mixed Numbers with Area Models

Teach your students to use an area model to solve multiplication problems with mixed numbers.

Multiplication as Scaling

Teach your students to interpret multiplication as scaling. In this lesson, students will learn to predict the size of a product, using one factor as scale.

Arrays for Fraction Products

Illustrating products for fractions with arrays is fun! Use this lesson plan to teach your students to visualize products as arrays when faced with multiplying fraction factors.

Scale, Shapes, and Sets

Use this fun and easy lesson plan to teach your students to predict and calculate dimensions for shapes to scale in sets.

Area Models and Multiplying Fractions

Some understandings are revealed through repeated, clear and simple steps. Use this lesson plan to teach your students to illustrate area model for products when multiplying fractions. It’s a four-step adventure!

Solving Mixed Number Word Problems Using the Three-Reads Strategy

There’s more than one way to add and subtract mixed numbers! Use this witty lesson plan to teach your students to illustrate mixed number sums and difference while giggling with delight.

Comparing Fractions: Tell Them How You Know!

Using this interactive lesson plan, your students will learn to read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths with a partner.

Division as Multiplication Using Number Lines

Use this lesson plan to teach your students to illustrate division as multiplication using number lines.

When Having Like Denominators Isn’t Enough!

Does chaos ensue when your students subtract like mixed numbers and the larger fraction has a lesser numerator? Using this lesson plan, teach your class how to overcome this tricky obstacle: When having like denominators isn’t enough!

Illustrating Mixed Number Sums with Tape Diagrams

Your students will learn to add unlike mixed numbers using tape diagrams.

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