Are you looking for some fun activities to teach students about equivalent fractions?
Read below for 12 free teaching ideas!
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Watch this video for six activity ideas to teach equivalent fractions!
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And now for 6 more ideas...
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#7 Pizza and Paper Plates
Pizza is always a high interest topic for students.
Student may create their own pizzas with paper plates.
Step 1: Students color the outer edge of the paper plate for the crust.
Step 2: Students color the inner circle of the paper plate for the sauce.
Step 3: Students cut various shapes from colored construction paper for pizza toppings and glue them onto the "sauce".
Step 4: When the pizza is dry, turn it over and draw lines for equal fractional parts. For example, for fourths, draw a line vertically and horizontally. Cut the pizza.
Step 5: Students may make several kinds of pizza to demonstrate different fractions. (halves, fourths, sixths and eighths)
Click the picture to head over to this blog to see how a paper plate pizza is made:
If you're not feeling crafty or don't have classroom time for it, you may wish to purchase these great resources from our Amazon Associate store:
You may also like these printable worksheets from our TpT store:
Click HERE to download a free fractions worksheet.
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#8 Playing Cards
Fractions Game - Click HERE for free directions.
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Click HERE for directions to play a SLAP FRACTIONS game from Education World.
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You may also like these fractions playing cards:
This 49-card set corresponds exactly to a set of Fraction Bars. Excellent for moving students from the concrete Fraction Bars model to the abstract conceptualization of fractions.
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#9 Task Cards
Brain research supports the connection between movement and learning. Evidence from imaging sources, anatomical studies, and clinical data shows that moderate movement enhances cognitive processing. Task cards offer an easy way to allow movement in the classroom while increasing student achievement!
These FREE samplers will help get you started!
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#10 Journal Writing
Students may write fraction word problems in their math journals. On the top half of the left side, have the students write a word problem with fractions. On the bottom half of the left side, draw a picture to represent the word problem. On the top half of the right side, the students will write key details and a number sentence for the problem. On the bottom half of the right side, students will solve the problem and check their work.
Here are some fraction word problems to help get your students started:
Click HERE for even more printable word problems.
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#11 Online Fraction Games
There are many great websites for free online fraction games.
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#12 Cyberchase Fraction Videos
Click HERE for free fun videos that introduce numerators, denominators and fractions.
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You may also like these Amazon Associate fraction resources:
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