Fractions

=What fractions do you see in everyday life?=



=What fractions do you see?= =Can you point out one half? 1/2= =One third? 1/3= =One fourth? 1/4= =One eighth? 1/5= =One tenth? 1/10=

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=What do food and Math have in common?= ===In studying about fractions, we are exploring "equal parts" in the real world. What is more equal, in a student's eye, then getting the same size slice of pizza, or piece of chocolate, or any type of food, as another student? Check out the video below. Afterwards, we will be creating paper pizzas and finding which pizzas we can share evenly among 2 students, 3 students, 8 students, and 10 students! (SOL 2.4)===

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"Dividing Pizza Into Many Pieces" (from Discovery Education)
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"Dividing a Dozen Donuts" (from Discovery Education)
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=**Other Resources to Explore:**=
 * Rescue Island
 * Bowling for Friends
 * Fishy Fractions
 * Flowering Fractions
 * Cross the River
 * I Want My Half
 * Count On
 * Visualizing Fractions
 * Fraction Flags: Halves and Quarters
 * Fraction Flags: Thirds
 * Fraction Matching
 * Fraction MonkeysA good place to practice equivalent fractions!
 * Kids and Cookies
 * Brain Pop Jr video
 * Turkey Terminator