Websites and Online Resources
Satisfraction - another great Greg Tang Math resource! Variations include identifying similar fractions, simplifying, comparing, and calculating problems involving fractions.
MathIsFun.com has several pages of information on fractions, decimals, and percents. The info is accessible and readable, but the occasional visual model is also great! Check out how equivalent fractions "line up," and match the fraction to the number line.
This is an article about using the children's book Inchworm and a Half to teach fraction concepts.
A blog post from Matt Coaty on using benchmarks to check the "reasonable-ness" of fraction, percent, and decimal conversions. Here is another post of his on a similar topic - percent discounts...
MathIsFun.com has several pages of information on fractions, decimals, and percents. The info is accessible and readable, but the occasional visual model is also great! Check out how equivalent fractions "line up," and match the fraction to the number line.
This is an article about using the children's book Inchworm and a Half to teach fraction concepts.
A blog post from Matt Coaty on using benchmarks to check the "reasonable-ness" of fraction, percent, and decimal conversions. Here is another post of his on a similar topic - percent discounts...
Math Center Activities and Problem Solving
I love Marilyn Burns' teaching style! Here are a few lessons from her resources:
Use this interactive tool from Dreambox to create equivalent ratios. This "clothesline activity" involves ordering fractions and percents. It could easily be adapted for negative numbers, decimals, etc. Sink that Ship - kind of like "Battleship"...except with fractions! A hands-on way to begin exploring fractions and their relationships! |
Printables!
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Children's Literature |
Visual Models
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