Introduction to Text Set

After getting halfway through this semester, I realized how much I have learned in such little time. I have learned so much about how to teach or go about certain things to acquire the most out of it. Things that I thought I had mastered, I had to think about in a completely different way. It was my Arithmetic class for Middle Grades Teachers that made me question so many ideas I thought I already knew. There was one unit that particularly confused me, and when I came across it in the standards I knew it would be helpful to make a text set on. The standard MGSE6.NS1, under the category number systems, states that students should be able to apply and extend their previous understanding of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. Just hearing that phrase first without understanding it sounds sort of confusing. It took me a lot of practice to fully be able to grasp this concept, so it surprised me that it was under the 6^th grade standards. Just by learning this all over again, I have seen so many different perspectives and ways to solve these problems. It gives me an advantage seeing others techniques so I have multiple means of representation when teaching my students. A text set on this standard would be very beneficial to a lot of math teachers in my opinion. Having a good basis, and understanding of an intricate concept like this as a 6^th grader will allow students to get ahead of their learning. As teachers, we should be prepared to give students different examples until they are able to really understand and apply the material.

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