Playful Mathematical Inquiry with Fractions in Grades 3 - 6
The ideas below are just ideas. This is NOT meant to be used as a unit. You will need to do some form of a pre-assessment to find out what your students know and then based on this information, combined with the learning standards in the curriculum, you will design learning opportunities to meet the needs of your students and unique context. The ideas below are just meant to inspire.
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PDF of Powerpoint Shared May 2018 at REC 206

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Children's Literature Connected to Fractions
Blackline Masters for some of the stories:
The Lion's Share

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The Doorbell Rang - Sharing Cookies - Marilyn Burns lesson
The lesson plan can be found here.
The lesson plan can be found here.

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Fractions of a group or set - Students bring in photo and create five questions fractions could answer.

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Other Blackline Masters used with the question prompts:
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Which One Doesn't Belong: Beginning Fraction Concepts

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Blackline masters connected to work with cuisenaire rods
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The LARGE printable cuisenaire rods - Created by Selina Millar p.g. 54 - 59

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Comparing Fractions using a Number Line
Editable Fraction Tent Cards - These were created using Powerpoint. Feel free to download and edit.
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Equivalent Fractions - Creating a Fractions Kit

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Highly Recommended Teacher Resource Books (LRS Numbers coming soon)