Freya Seemann's List: Fractions and decimals

This is such a good idea for a lesson. It is a physical way of learning which FD1 talks about being an innovative way of learning fractions. Teachers could use the idea from FD1 (Mills, 2011) as an introduction to fractions. I love the idea of learning through play, which this lesson does. It also relates it to a life situation. You could even include this lesson idea with the reading Food for though: The Mathematics of the Kitchen Garden. (Lyon & Bragg, 2011). Students would grow their own food and prepare salad sandwiches and egg sandwiches and fruit drinks and fruit yogurts. They would also make lunch menus and waiter and waitress rosters. Once a week they would all prepare the food and then play role, ordering food and then pay with play money. These series of physical lessons would cover PDHPE (Board of Studies, 2011, p. 223) -healthy choices: nutrition (PHS2.12, DMS2.2 and V4), English outcomes RS2.5, WS2.9, WS2.10, and WS2.1 (Board of Studies, 2006a, pp. 19, 29), and of course the Fractions outcomes WMS3.5, NS2.4 and NS3.4 (Board of Studies, 2002, pp. 20,155)

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I have Chosen Study ladder again because it is such a helpful site in that it is very clear and visual. It also makes it easier for me to understand HOW to teach fractions and decimals the easy way. During Fractions lessons I would be able to have Study Ladder up on the IWB.

While I was in primary school and Year seven to eight I found The ClueFinders series a very fun and useful way to understand and revise maths and especially fractions. this would be a great investment for any school.



ClueFinders 3rd Grade
ClueFinders 4th Grade
ClueFinders 5th Grade
ClueFinders 6th Grade
ClueFinders Math Adventures
ClueFinders Search & Solve

This site is good if you are just wanting to have some games to start of learning fractions. It also has links to Other pages about fractions for kindergarten. This site has some links to worksheets, card games and online games (this could be used with the IWB and done as a whole class or Ipads if the school has invested in ipads) and music games. Music games would be great as children would be able to remember mathematical sequences when a rhythm and a beat is put to them.