Welcome to Our Fraction Workshop Homeschool Math Course

Getting Started with Our Fraction Workshop Homeschool Math Course

This is a fun, twelve-week Fraction Workshop homeschool math course focusing on understanding the basics of fractions using a visual and hands-on approach. Designed for students of any age who need a boost in their understanding of fractions, this math workshop illustrates fractions using concrete objects—balls, vegetables, Popsicle sticks, and more. Over the course of twelve weeks, homeschool students can learn:

• What a fraction is
• The terms associated with fractions
• How to multiply and divide fractions
• How to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators
• How to apply their knowledge of fractions to word problems and the real world

Each week includes one printable lesson that is divided into two units. Fraction Workshop lessons include instruction, practice problems, and answer keys.

Overview

• 12 weeks
• Includes downloadable lessons, activities, and answer keys
• Grades: 3–6

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; journal for notetaking and homework; access to a computer and printer

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lessons file. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

More About Our Fraction Workshop Homeschool Math Course

This 12-week Fraction Workshop homeschool math course is appropriate for ages 7 to 18, depending on skill level and need. The PFE (Parenting for Education) system of learning works on goals that recognize differences among learners. Therefore, math lessons are geared toward each student’s particular cognitive level. That is to say, a sixteen-year-old boy may never have learned or mastered basic fraction concepts, so he is hindered from grasping other math lessons because of it. That sixteen-year-old may need to engage in the same lessons as a seven-year-old learner.

The PFE Fraction Workshop begins with basic notions of the fraction in a living, learning environment. The course progresses to addition and subtraction of fractions by first handling multiplication and division of fractions.

Each week, two major homeschool math lessons are presented as part of one printable unit (i.e., Week One has one printable that contains two lessons, etc.). Students are expected to work on each lesson for 30 minutes or longer during two days of learning, then review and summarize learning on a third day of the week, using knowledge gained from the two major lessons. With each successive week, students use Day Three to review and summarize the accumulation of lessons presented, starting from Week One.