I am doing my resource set for the fractions section of 6th grade mathematics.\u00a0 I taught this area this past year but just by starting this assignment, I have more tools to work with then I did previously.\u00a0 This is a difficult topic for students.\u00a0 I hope to be able to get each student to a level of understanding with these resources, that I may not have been able to before.<\/p>\n
Text Annotations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 The Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar Fractions Book<\/a>, by Jerry Pollatta, illustrated by Robert C. Bolster<\/p>\n This book is a great tool to get kids to recall information about fractions and works easily with an interactive lesson involving Hershey bars.<\/p>\n 2. Funny and Fabulous Fraction Stories<\/a>, by Dan Greenburg and Jared Lee<\/p>\n This book starts out around a third grade level but is a great review.\u00a0 It is appropriate for struggling sixth graders and uses humor and fun to teach.\u00a0 Readers work throughout the book and solve the problems while laughing.<\/p>\n 3. Painless Fractions<\/a>, by Alyece Cummings<\/p>\n A very simple and concisely written book for those struggling with fractions.\u00a0 It goes step by step to try and conquer this topic that\u00a0 many find painful.<\/p>\n 4. Fabulous Fractions<\/a>, by Lynette Long<\/p>\n This book gives some great fractions lessons either in fun stories or great interactive activities.\u00a0 This would be a fantastic resource for teachers, not something to be read or done cover to cover with the students.\u00a0 It covers pretty much every SOL dealing with fractions through middle school.<\/p>\n You can check out a chunk<\/a> of it right now at Google Books.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 Piece = Part = Portion<\/a>, by Scott Gifford, photography by Shmuel Thaler<\/p>\n This is a great book to entertain and pull the related concepts of fractions, decimals, and percents together.\u00a0 This is a fairly simple idea but somewhat abstract and this helps students make the connections.\u00a0 The easy to understand text and terrific picture examples from everyday life really bridge these ideas.<\/p>\n Web Annotations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Tony Fraction’s Pizza Shop<\/a>– This site is a game where kids make pizzas according to the order.\u00a0 They have to fill the pizza with the correct portion of ingredients.\u00a0 Often the fraction is out of the whole pizza but sometimes it is simplified and they have to figure out how many pieces they need to make it equivalent.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Fresh baked fractions<\/a>– This link takes you through finding different equivalent fractions.\u00a0 You get four fractions and choose the one that is not equivalent.\u00a0 You earn pieces of pie for each correct answer.\u00a0 This is not timed but as kids get better at seeing\/computing equivalent fractions you could add that as a component if there are multiple computers.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Soccer Shoutout<\/a>– This is a very simple game that focuses on multiplication of fractions.\u00a0 It goes a little beyond the basic multiplication of fractions because the player has to reduce the answer to simplest form in order to score.\u00a0 This is for those that understand basic multiplication, but need more practice with multiplying fractions and simplifying the answer.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Who wants pizza?<\/a>–\u00a0 This site may seem simple but it is a great one for 6th graders.\u00a0 It has 6 different sections that go from reviewing what fractions are to multiplying fractions.\u00a0 The first four parts should be review for 6th graders but most likely a much needed review.\u00a0 Then parts 5 and 6 take you through the new material they need to be learning.\u00a0 This would be something that you could work through over a couple of days or even leave for a substitute since it really works through the topic and then gives practice problems.<\/p>\n 5. Multiplying Fractions<\/a>– This link is just one page and it is more of a drill\/practice than a game.\u00a0 You can modify the instructions by seeing how many they can get correct in a certain amount of time or see how many they can get correct before they miss one.\u00a0 This is the multiplying fractions drill page<\/p>\n Additional Resources <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Another site you might want to use before they start this one is<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.kidsolr.com\/math\/fractions.html<\/a><\/p>\n This site helps to review fractions and multiplying fractions and could be used for remediation if a student is not ready for the drill page.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 This site has a couple of fraction card games that would be great for an independent center.\u00a0 The rules\/instructions could be printed and laminated for use anytime to practice adding fractions.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.learn-with-math-games.com\/adding-fraction-games.html<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 This game is very similar to “war” with a standard deck of cards.\u00a0 It has printable fraction cards that can be laminated and used with the instructions at a game center without a teacher.\u00a0 This competitive game really works with comparing fractions and understanding what the fractions represent.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.learn-with-math-games.com\/support-files\/fraction-feud.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Candy Fractions- This page gives you a real attention getter.\u00a0 Almost all kids like chocolate and when you pull out a Hershey bar they really want to know why.\u00a0 This activity would be a great pre-lesson to the m&m statistics activity.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.learn-with-math-games.com\/fraction-paper-games.html<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Tutorials- go to the Virginia department of education link below, under the computation and estimation section,click on the two sections you see below, the links send you to the page and you have to scroll down to the section and click on these topics, on the VDOE page to get the videos<\/p>\n <\/a>Fraction Concepts<\/a><\/font><\/strong> (Grades 6 & 7) <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Dr. Ena Gross, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) professor of mathematics education, on the prerequisites students need for fraction computation. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Fraction Computation<\/a><\/font><\/strong> (Grade 6) Dr. Ena Gross on one method sixth graders can use to approach multiple-choice fraction computation problems.<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am doing my resource set for the fractions section of 6th grade mathematics.\u00a0 I taught this area this past year but just by starting this assignment, I have more tools to work with then I did previously.\u00a0 This is … Continue reading
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