Lesson: Adding Fractions with Like Denominators Mathematics • 4th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to use models, such as tape diagrams and number lines, to add two fractions with the same denominator and write the result as a mixed number.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

model the addition of two fractions with a bar model,
model the addition of two fractions on a number line,
understand that adding the numerators tells us the number of parts in the sum,
write the sum as a mixed number,
add more than two fractions.

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

What number gives when is added to it?

Q2:

Use the number line to calculate .

Q3:

On his way to school, Jackson walked of a kilometer; he still needs to walk an extra of a kilometer to get there. In total, how many kilometers does Jackson walk to school?