Blog 4 Fractions Using the Number line-continued
I've become more at ease and confident in designing and performing fractions lessons as I've continued to teach them. The more I practiced relearning fractions with videos, methods, and visual aids, the more I grasped the idea and could teach it to my students. It's crucial to practice!
When educating students with disabilities, it is critical to regularly practice the skill and to develop alternate learning tools, visualizations, and manipulatives as the content grows more difficult and demanding.
During this week's session, we continued to practice dealing with fractions on the number line, which was introduced last week. First, the kids viewed a video titled Number Line Fraction Race, which was followed by a discussion. Following that, they worked as a group on an interactive digital worksheet on liveworksheets.com, labeling fractions using a number line and using the smartboard. Lastly, for independent work, the students were given two worksheets, the first one, they had to label the missing fraction on a number line and the second one, they had to color in the shape to represent the given fraction, as a review. As the students completed independent work, I walked around the room to monitor student work and give feedback, or provide 1:1 instruction, if needed.
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Below are the links to the video and digital worksheets I used:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d30xOClj6RA
Group work: https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Math/Fractions/Grade3-lesson16_gq1315317xg
https://www.liveworksheets.com/ql1541196lu
Hey Daniela,
ReplyDeleteI love the worksheets you included in your post. I myself am a visual learner so being able to see what a fraction looks like in the concept of a drawing may be much easier for some students to understand. I love that it allows students to be actively engaged in learning fractions by having them color in the boxes to represent the numbers pf the fraction. I also agree that differentiation of both instruction and worksheets is crucial for the success of all students. Some students need more support than others and it is up to us as educators to ensure that we provide the necessary support.
Best,
Jackie