Unless you can speak French, I'm sure you're wondering what I just said, right?
Well, there's a 4th grade fraction TEK (4.3A) that reads "represent a fraction a/b as a sum of fractions 1/b, where a and b are whole numbers and b > 0, including when a > b" and many of the teachers I've had conversations with have asked "what does that mean, exactly?"
Well, let's look at not only what that TEK means, but how to address it with our students!
Check out this Part 1 and Part 2 video on Decomposing Fractions.
By the way, the French statement above reads, "This isn't hard at all!" and ...it isn't! You got this!
