How To Learn Fractions

Having taught fractions to 3rd graders for many years, I know how challenging the concept tin be. I had used a brace unlike math curriculums over the years, but they all lacked inwards several of import (and inwards my thought necessary) areas. Read on to run into if you lot are missing these also together with how I solved the problem.
Most programs my districts provided consisted of a quick introduction together with thence a brace weeks worth of fractions worksheets. Here's what was missing:

• vocabulary 
• hands-on exploration
• seeing fractions presented inwards unlike forms
• spiral review of the concepts

Knowing what was missing from the boxed curriculum the schoolhouse provided, seeing where hundreds of 3rd graders had demonstrated misconceptions over the years, together with having researched best practices for math pedagogy at an advanced level, enabled me to create resources for my ain students that really made a dramatic divergence inwards their examination scores.

But much to a greater extent than of import than examination scores, my students...

• fully understood fractions
• felt confident inwards their abilities
• were produce to motility on to higher-level skills inwards futurity bird levels
• could apply the concepts to real-world situations

Here is what I (and at nowadays over 2,200 other classroom teachers together with homeschool families) receive got used alongside corking success:

This resources tin hold upwards directly downloaded together with used every bit a stand upwards lonely COMPLETE TWO WEEK FRACTION UNIT or every bit a complement to strengthen whatever math curriuclum. It includes TWENTY ACTIVITIES to pick out from thence all of your students receive got amply chance to receive got their specific learning needs met inwards a trend that clicks for them.

In improver to the activities, the resources contains a teaching project design alongside explanations of each of the fraction projects, fraction games, together with fraction activities that are included. 

Below you lot volition find:

• photos that demo but “a fraction” of what is included...yeah, I fissure myself up. :)
• reviews of this resources from some of the teachers who've establish this resources has helped them together with their students
• a link to a FREE FRACTION ACTIVITY inspired yesteryear the mass Picture Pie yesteryear Ed Emberly

 

 

The other work I faced using the boxed math curriculum was that my students would forget what they had learned over time. This was because they would hold upwards introduced to a topic, exercise it for a few days, hold upwards assessed together with thence motility on. This meant nosotros would thence withdraw to accept fourth dimension from bird for "test prep" afterwards inwards the yr together with I never felt corking virtually their bird of retention.

I solved that work yesteryear creating my ain organisation for ongoing spiral review.

This was KEY to

• helping students who had demostrated proficiency retain their knowledge
• letting students who had non quite grasped concepts when they were introduced to receive got repeated opportunities for exercise until mastery
• allowing me easy, ongoing assessment of pupil abilities which I thence used to cast focus groups for pocket-size grouping pedagogy during math workshop
• making it tardily to supply consistent homework routines for families

Fractions are a big usage of each of the monthly spiral reviews.

Many teachers uncovering fractions to hold upwards a challenging concept to learn together with students who excel alongside computation skills sometimes combat when it comes to fractions together with geometry.

I am confident that yesteryear teaching your students the vocabulary together with providing them alongside hands-on, creative activities to exercise the concepts you lot volition run into huge gains inwards their agreement of fractions together with uncovering them to hold upwards a actually enjoyable topic to teach.

On Thursday  I blogged about some of the activities that I had done inwards my classroom to learn my 3rd graders virtually fractions together with shared some materials from that postal service here.

This yr I receive got actually been trying to contain to a greater extent than math literature into my lessons. Above are the books that I had borrowed from the populace library that focused on fractions. I project design to social club a brace to own.

Whole-y Cow: Fractions Are Fun was uncomplicated together with engaging. I read it to my mo bird boy earlier I brought it to schoolhouse together with he speedily understood the concept of fractions inwards a set. 

Full House: An Invitation to Fractions was a mass that my students enjoyed listening to together with I modeled the fractions on the board every bit I read it aloud.


The other books were worth checking out together with worked good every bit a centre during my math workshop rotations.

Click on whatever of the books below to read amount descriptions together with run into additional images via Amazon.

  


   

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