This week we did some activities exploring fractions. We talked about "equal shares". We worked in groups to solve problems about splitting items up evenly. One example is: If you had 4 people and 6 brownies, how much would each person get?" The fourth graders drew pictures and talked with their desk groups to figure out the answers. We talked about their answers, how they solved the question and how to write their answers.
This activity came from the book Extending Children's Mathematics; Fractions and Decimals. I will continue to use activities from this book all year long to help the students grasp the concepts. Below are some examples of how students worked to solve the problems.
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