Where would we be without numbers? Lets just say the world without numbers would be very hard to imagine! There would be no speed limits, no money, and most importantly NO COOKIES!! Yup, that's right; no sweets! If we didn't have numbers we couldn't use measurements (which are usually in the form of fractions)! Imagine your mom following a recipe to make famous chocolate chip cookies but the recipe called for 1/2 a tablespoon of butter and 2/3 of a tablespoon of milk mixed together. How much should she have all together? Well, while mom is going crazy about that; you've already worked it out because you're becoming a math genius at adding fractions! Good thing you were in class today and can help your mom in this situation by just using Math! There we go using that 'M' word again! See, I told you its FunToKnow Math!
The anchor chart above should remind you of the one we use in class! If you're still needing help, play the Fruit Splat Fraction Addition Game for more practice on Adding Fractions with unlike Denominators and Simplifying!