Fraction Rules that Expire

Did you know there are rules that we teach kids about fractions that “expire”? Yes, some rules we teach kids work for now but don’t work long term.

I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering Traditionalist, and I hope you will stick around as we explore some Fraction Rules That Expire in our quest to Build our own Math Minds so we can Build the Math Minds of our kiddos.

In the video today we are going to explore a rule that expires, but also language that NEEDS to expire. These all come from the article 13 Rules That Expire.


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