Mrs. Spence’s Class

I love this title…because…our fifth graders are SO smart! I’m thrilled to see all the wheels turning and the light bulbs burning brightly…Everyone is working so hard and getting ready for next year - 6th grade!

We are taking all that we’ve learned so far this year and adding more detailed skills. For example, we have already learned to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator - that was easy. Now, we are learning to add and subtract fractions that don’t have the same denominator! They are called unlike fractions. Using the Least Common Multiplies (LCM), we can find a the least common number and use it for the new denominator. We then use multiplication to find the equivalent fraction. The next step is to follow the operations - to add or subtract. Finally, some students like to take the answer a step farther to simplify the fraction. Wow!

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