In January children in grades 2 and 3 started a unit exploring
Fractions. First we made our own Fraction Kits, by cutting strips of paper into
halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths. Then we made thirds, sixths and
twelfths. Then we were ready to play games using our kits. We added fractions,
subtracted fractions, compared fractions and discovered many equivalent
fractions. We also explored different ways to make a whole and using parquetry
pieces created designs showing many creative designs for “One half yellow.” In
our Fractions are Fun packet we practiced these skills and also worked
on finding a fraction of a number of objects as we colored ¾ of 16 objects
blue. Some of us even began to add and subtract fractions with like
denominators.
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