Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Quadrilaterals
We are currently focusing on geometric figures in math class. Students in third grade usually find quadrilaterals to be the hardest to differentiate between. This is what we are using in class (click on the image to enlarge it):
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Bar models with equivalent fractions
Parents:
We are deep in our fraction learning, so now it is time to work with equivalent fractions. This is often times the hardest part of fractions, and it is usually the concept most tested. Below is a picture of how we use bar models to help visualize equivalent fractions.
We define equivalent fractions as 2 or more fractions that have the same size whole and have been partitioned differently (have different denominators) but take up the same amount of space. Sounds crazy hard, but I bet your child can tell you a lot about these fractions!!
If you search 'fractions' on the blog, you can see some student-made videos on different fraction concepts.
We are deep in our fraction learning, so now it is time to work with equivalent fractions. This is often times the hardest part of fractions, and it is usually the concept most tested. Below is a picture of how we use bar models to help visualize equivalent fractions.
We define equivalent fractions as 2 or more fractions that have the same size whole and have been partitioned differently (have different denominators) but take up the same amount of space. Sounds crazy hard, but I bet your child can tell you a lot about these fractions!!
If you search 'fractions' on the blog, you can see some student-made videos on different fraction concepts.
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