Working with Fractions in Algebra, Teacher's Edition: Book 5 of Doodles Do Algebra™ (Doodles Do Algebra Teacher's Guides)

How Much of Algebra is Covered in This Book?This book covers basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of algebraic fractions and ends with teaching your child to derive the equation for an infinite series, which today is an advanced topic usually covered in college. In the old days in the United States, children in middle school learned all these topics with ease, which is exactly why I created the Doodles Do Algebra™ curriculum.This portion of Doodles Do Algebra™ focuses on extending what your child already knows about fractions and combining it with the factoring techniques learned in book 4 of the series in order to learn to work with algebraic fractions.What is in This Book?This book includes the teacher's notes, answer key, and a copy of the student work pages. Unlike most curricula for homeschooling that seems to include teacher's notes as an afterthought, this series is focused heavily on notes to the teacher. We provide alternatives for teaching each lesson so that you can adjust the material to fit your child. No matter how your child learns and understands math best, we have a suggestion. One workbook is required for each student and is purchasable separately.Algebra Can Be Easy for Anyone to Teach Any ChildEach book in the series is available as both a teacher's guide and a student workbook for use in a tutoring group, small class, or homeschool. No additional texts are needed. Parents with any educational background will be equipped to teach the subject using the teacher's guide as a resource.Designed for Gifted, 2e, Special Education, and Everything BetweenDifferent ways of thinking about and explaining each lesson are included in the teacher's guide to accommodate children who are gifted, or dyslexic, or prefer nearly any learning style.Flexible and FriendlyIndividual worksheets work as a stand-alone curriculum, or as reinforcement and supplemental practice. This book is the result of years of teaching children, teens, and adults. Students will learn why algebra works, not just how to use it.Topics Learned in This BookAlgebraic FractionsAdding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing FractionsReducing Algebraic FractionsReducing Fractions with Complex FactorsReducing Fractions to Mixed QuantitiesReduce a Complex Fraction into a Simple Algebraic FractionResolve an Algebraic Fraction into a SeriesAll Books in the Doodles Do Algebra™ Curriculum SeriesBook 1: Starting Out with Mental AlgebraBook 2: Unknowns and the 29 Articles of AlgebraBook 3: The Basic Math of AlgebraBook 4: Factors and Multiples in AlgebraBook 5: Working with Fractions in AlgebraBook 6: Solving Equations in AlgebraBook 7: Powers, Exponents, and Roots in AlgebraAbout the AuthorKirsten West, PhD is a former senior market research analyst and Biophysicist who abandoned the corporate and academic worlds to homeschool her wonderful children in a perfectly noisy house filled with the real-life versions of the cartoon characters featured in her Doodles Do Algebra™ series of math books. This algebra series was written for use with her own children after trying many different math curricula that did not work well long term. Since the curriculum was completed, hundreds of families have successfully used these lessons to teach algebra to their children at home. For More Information about the Doodles Do Algebra™ curriculum, see www.TeachMeBetter.org where parents can get more details on the curriculum and also get their questions answered. Read more