Helping Students to Learn Fractions the Way That They Learn
My students need these Fraction Discovery Can activities to help reinforce the concept of fractions as they transition to a variety of new fraction concepts. These resources provide plenty of hands-on and visually learning activities.
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My Students
These rising 5th graders who I had to pleasure of serving most last year are highly motivated visual learners who learn math best when physical objects are accessible. I serve all 100 plus in some capacity throughout the year, or else if I serve half, I will surely share the resources across the grade-level.
There comes a time when our students fail to learn how we teach, and we must therefore figure out how to teach the way they learn.
These students really enjoy engaging in real-world problems solving and getting out of their seats to manipulate objects, because it better accommodates their visual learning style. However, our school lacks such resources that will help them to be more successful.
My Project
We plan to use these Fraction Discovery Can activities to introduce and reinforce the higher fractions in the 5th grade standards. They will come in with a good foundation of basic fractional concepts, but will need a good amount of hands-on and visual activities to link those skills to higher level skills of dividing fractions, multiplying a fraction by a fraction, and adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
These new concepts will pose a great challenge for them to grasp initially, but with the appropriate resources that provide visual, relevant and hands-on activities, we will be equipped to help them to move from concrete to abstract and help them to be successful.
These resources will also allow them to work collaboratively first, then independently so that they may develop and master the necessary skills to prepare for middle school fractional concepts and beyond. The students will engage in the kit activities during their math center time while I work with individuals and small groups. They will have the opportunity to reinforce previously learned skills and self-check their work.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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