THE BEST HANDS-ON FRACTIONS ACTIVITY EVER!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2016
- Let's explore fractions, simplifying fractions, and equivalent fractions by creating fraction kits! Math teachers and parents can use this awesome hands-on fraction activity to explore the topic and actually understand how fractions work--which is a critical skill for being successful at higher levels of math!
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MASHUP MATH VLOG-EPISODE 01: Making Fraction Kits
Hands-on activities are an awesome way for students to engage in exploratory activities and develop a concrete understanding of difficult math concepts. Fraction kits have been around for a while and many effective math teachers use them to help their students gain a stronger grasp of fractions. This video demonstrates my approach to creating a fraction kit and was designed to serve as a follow-along activity.
Unlike our animated math lessons, this VLOG will walk you through a hands on, real world math activity that explores fractions, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, number sense, and even as a decimals introduction activity later on. This fun math activity is perfect for homeschool, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and middle school and even high school as well.
The required materials for such math activities include construction paper, markers, scissors, and a ruler.
Our lessons are perfect for flipped classroom math teachers and students. This lesson is aligned with the common core learning standards for math and the SAT math curriculum as well.
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Love that you said to let kids make mistakes becuase they may correct themselves or if not once they realize they have made a mistake you can have a great discussion about what went wrong and what the student can do to fix the mistake. Great video! thank you!
I just did this activity yesterday and used the fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/8. There are great games you can play with this fraction kit such as 'cover up' or 'uncover' where you make fraction dice and kids work with a partner to play one of the games. You must have exact fraction to move or can trade equivalent fractions to make a move...kids love it.
Hi Holly! Could you explain the games further? Would love to do them with my students :)
You made my heart smile and thank you. Teachers need to find simple ways to teach math that helps students to grasp concepts and not simply leaning how to find the correct answers Fractions are difficult to teach for many of us. This activity is great for all learning types. No more excuses. We will get students to start saying "I love math." Yes we will. Thanks again.
Perfect hands on lesson for conceptual learning. I was looking for something to use with adults and this is just the thing.
I've used this strategy as a flap book for several years and found it to be useful, especially for ESE students. It gives a visual, hands-on look at fractions. Thank you!
I have always preferred using multi-sensory activities to reinforce math topics, especially more confusing ones like fractions. Creating fraction kits have been around for a while and they are super easy, but I like how this tutorial could be used by a student, since it is very easy to follow along. I am looking forward to viewing more of their vlogs as I am always seeking new ideas for helping students.
Great video! I'm a Special Education teacher and I have been looking for a simple (and inexpensive) hands on activity for my students to help them get the concept, and engage them. This is perfect! Thank you!
Just came across your videos. As a homeschool mom, with a child struggling in math, I am super excited to implement some of your resources. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your passion and talents.
+Katie Titi Thanks for the kind words, Katie! It's so great to hear that students are benefitting from our resources! I hope that you can subscribe to our channel and share it with your friends--we could really use the support! -Anthony :)
I'm 33 years old, and you just showed me how to make fractions make since!!
Thank you very much!
Great video! I do this activity with my 4th graders every year and it always helps me learn about my students. We have some great discussions. It's a very visual way to find equivalent fractions.
I am teaching basic math skills to English Language Learners who are also SIFE (Students with Interrupted Formal Education) and this is a great activity to introduce the concept of fractions! Thank you so much!
I had Math workshop and this channel and websites were recommended. Glad I found it!!!👍👍👍🕶🕶
What a great find! I was trying to help my niece and I am way behind in some things 😔 but these videos are very helpful and I look forward to using them to help with my grand daughter when she gets of school age. Thanks so much! You’re awesome 👏🏻 😎
You can't possibly imagine how much this has helped me and my sons
Thanks! Going to post this for a hands on learning for my students!!
The best lesson I do all year about fractions! Kids use these fraction strips all during the year in y third grade class during math lessons!!
Love this activity! We will for sure be doing this in for a homeschool activity. Thanks so much!
Love the video. This is exactly I would do with ny primary students when in the classroom.
Thank you!!
I used this activity the morning of receiving the video. I teach fifth grade, I precut the strips, gave basic directions, listen, execute, and listen again. I did pause the video so everyone could keep up and not get frustrated. I gave NO verbal directions. They really enjoyed the hands on activity, then concluded with the worksheet. Once again, little verbal instructions. I am extremely pleased at the independent learning going on right now in my classroom.
We began months ago with a Mash Up math puzzle, it was quite laborious. Now, we do numerous puzzles a week, and they whip right through, making it a competition with the winner receiving a food prize. Thank you for your dedication and creativity to teaching.
Loved the hands on, visual, and exploratory way of teaching.
Thank you so much this really helped us with understanding and studying fractions this morning
thank you it made fractions clearer for me !
This is great!!! Thank you for the tutoring idea.
THANK YOU x a million. So happy I came across MashUp Math. I'm a first grade teacher...but currently homeschooling during this Covid-19 Pandemic. I was never great at math, so teaching my third grader fractions has been interesting. I guess he inherited my math brain, lol. Anyway...great stuff. Will definitely share this page.
im in 6th grade and this helped me with understanding how to do a fractions wall
THANK YOU!!! please continue making these incredible videos. you have no idea how much we appreciate your time making them.
This will be a great resource for my grade 3/4 class and how amazing to have a free resource to accompany it! Thank you.
Thank you so very much!!!! I use your video each year, but I'm not sure I've thanked you! I am all about visual and hands-on conceptual learning!
Absolutely love this activity, I will definitely be using it! Massive thank you 😄
SO helpful! i will be doing this tomorrow with my class as i introduce fractions! THANKYOU!
I really appreciate your videos. They really help simplify teaching my son concepts he didn't quite understand in his class. He does really well with these hands on activities like this. If I could make a suggestion though I would ask if you could break down your videos in a playlist format to easily find the type of concept you're looking for. So I can know the start to finish progression of which video to start with and understand a concept of before moving on to the next. Another thought is age or grade based playlist to help organize your videos. Thanks for you time and effort!
thank you for the video, i want to try this with my kids right now!
Thank you!!! I am from Honduras, C.A. I am going to be doing this with my students. I love it!!
I will definitely be using this and sharing it as well. Thank you for being on our side!
I certainly will be doing this exercise with my class on Monday. Really cool!
I love it.
Great idea. Thank you for sharing. These kind of videos are perfect for us as homeschool moms.
including questioning while doing the activity would be helpful to younger teachers or others knew to the concept being taught. thanks for the video !!!
Extremely helpful in my 5-8 grade special education math classes!!! Thank you!!!
This is fantastic! I'm an Education student and I'm working on some lesson plans and I really like the hands on aspect of this vs a worksheet. I also love the growth mindset attitude! Thanks so much for sharing it!
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I like this hands on training. I like the flexibility of the training. Very easy to add different denominators to equal one whole.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am teaching summer school to 10 fifth graders who are struggling with some of these concepts. I am going to use your suggestions and see what happens.
THANK YOU!! great job. you can tell you love what you do. awe-some
Thanks for doing this. My two kids (6 and 9 years old) found it helpful.
Thank you for providing the worksheets. I am a student teacher and FREE resources are extremely helpful. I loved doing this activity with the special ed students.
I like when you said to let them make mistakes because I strongly believe they learn from their mistakes... A wonderful activity. Thank you for sharing.
I will be starting this concept Tuesday and this will be my launch pad!
Love this! I'm a special education teacher looking for great ideas!!!!
Love it, did something similar but the simple act of going back to ask about 1/3 gave me more to do.
Thank you. My daughter struggles with fractions and I will try this with her and see how it goes.
Love this, will be using it!
Thank you for this! I like the way forward towards teaching. Exploring is the key to help our young learners learn certain concepts. Well done! Looking forward to view more videos.
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I absolutely love this. I am going to try this with my son and students!!
I liked that the activity was simple and didn't require a lot of materials to make the concept clear
This is awesome! Thank you for sharing!
this is really neat, looking forward to using it next week :)
Great idea! I'm looking forward to using it. See what questions arise from it.
Awesome! Please let me know how it goes! -Anthont :)
Love this
My daughter starts fractions after spring break we will definitely be doing this activity before she goes back
So simple, but lol, genius!!! Can't wait to try this tomorrow!!
Hi I really enjoyed this video. Great to see the message of visual and hands-on activities to introduce and consolidate concepts in math. I am wondering if you have a preference over using a rectangle over a circle for this task? Obviously easier to measure out a rectangle, would that be all?
Great lesson! I do a lesson similar to this, but the fraction bars are already on the construction paper. I really like the concept building from the folding and cutting part of this lesson.
Do you go back and do sixths and 12ths?
Thank you for showing us this cool activity! Our Class will be doing this today!!
Fun video and lesson! I'm looking forward to using this in my math games class.
This is a cool way to teach my class
Great activity. My class is going to back up and try to get a better understanding of fractions. I think I will try this with them . . .
Our class just had a blast completing this activity!
Love this! Going to do this with my Grade 3 children next term!
This is such a great idea. could scaffold it a bit by using the worksheet and pre-dividing the strips, or reconfiguring the worksheet to show separate, differently sized sections of the strips, scrambled. Kids either cut the strips to the right sizes or cut out the scrambled up sizes and figure out which one is which for more of an enrichment activity.
thank you for the activity :)
I was wondering, when it comes to helping a kid intuitively look at something and divide it into 3rds or similar - would it also help to use clear measuring cups of various sizes and asking the kid to fill it half way - then turn it around so they can look at how much that measures out to? Once they're comfortable with 1/2 moving to 3rds? and so on? I'm trying to think of how to help a kid when we say something like ' fold that in thirds and they're different sizes
Super helpful, thank you!
Thank you! I am going to be working on this with my 8 year old today!
Thanks for telling me how do I make the best hand-on fractions activity! I appreciate it very much.
Great lesson! Thanks for posting!
Your video is so amazing! I'm going to show this to my third grade math students. I'm a third grade teacher at a charter school. I have been a teacher for 16 years!
Thanks for the comment, Cynthia! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the lesson. I hope that you can give the video a thumbs up, subscribe to our channel, and continue learning math with us! -Anthony :)
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I loveed it
My teacher did this too
I love that cute little activity for fractions!
Nice job, I will be using at home with my children and at school with my students.
Awesome activity for fractions; thank you!!!
What an awesome explore activity. Thanks!
Very helpful indeed. Thank you so much.
Mashup Math I have a interview tomorrow in England teaching a year 5 class and we are making their own lego fractions kit! Stole the idea from your videos and changed it up a bit! Fingers crossed the judgemental adults will like this! and also I hope it won't be boring for the kids
Love all your math activities. 2 Truths, What doesn't belong...Kids always expect there to be a right answer.
Thanks so much for this activity! I can't wait to do this with my class.
The fraction activity was super cool!
I did this activity, this is a great way
Thank you! 😊
I use this every year to teach my third graders. Thank you!
Thank you my child is grade 4 and he learned it in class but he didn't understand but after he saw this video he understood very well thank you😘😘❤❤❤
Wow, this is awesome!
Thank you so much. This really helped me write my lesson plan on defining fractions. ...xx
Great way to start explaining a critical math concept!
Wow!!!thank you for simplifying fractions for me!!
I love this! And asking that question in the middle was clever!
Well explained, recommended for beginners.
That was a nice way of teaching fractions. I LOVE this channel because you guys get down on the child's level and ready teach, the lessons break down what a student may think is a complicated problem, but really very is and non-stressful concepts. My son has learned alot. Thanks.
+miss trish You rock! I'm so glad that you found the activity helpful. Thank you for the continued support. -Anthony ;)
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great exploration. Fun and easy to implement
Very helpful. The kids loved it.
Very visual! Great job breaking it down!
Thank you! I enjoy your videos and the way you present the concept!
Informative video! thanks for sharing!
Great Lesson and visual !!!!
I'm going to use this for online learning with our grade 3's. We have done this at school and the students really like it.