Boost Students’ Grasp of Fractions with Interactive Slideshows

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Students who are able to complete this set of interactive fraction slideshows must have a good understanding of where fractions fit on the number line, fraction vocabulary, and comparing fractions.

Count along with Count by Fractions to get started. This slideshow is used in presentation mode. Viewers click through at their own pace. After the title and six instructional slides, students count in ones, halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, and tenths from zero to two.

Students spend years counting by whole numbers before they are asked to add or subtract. Why not give them the same advantage when it comes to fractions?  Counting is more complex than most of us know.

The next logical step is to Place Unit Fractions on the Number Line. Unit fractions are used to create larger numbers. This interactive slideshow is used in presentation mode. Students click through at their own pace. Here is more information about how this activity works.

After thinking about the unit fractions, students can branch out to Place Proper Fractions on the Number Line. This slideshow is used in edit mode. In edit mode, students are able to move the fractions into place on the number line. Make a copy of this slideshow for your own use. After the title and a slide that explains equivalent fractions, there are 14 slides on which students can move fractions into place on a number line that starts at zero and ends at one. There are more than 50 fractions for students to drag into place.  Here are more details about this activity.

Make a copy of  Write in the Denominator . Use this slideshow in edit mode, not presentation mode. This enables students to type denominators into place on the number lines. The second slide reminds students how to find the denominator. There are eight slides with over 25 denominators that need filling in. The ninth slide says, “You did it! Awesome.”

Make a copy of Write in the Numerator. This slideshow is also used in edit mode. Students click into the space above the division line in the fraction and type in the numerator. The second slide reminds them how to find numerators. There are eight slides with over 25 numerators to type in. The ninth slide celebrates the end of their hard work.

Make a copy of Write in the Fraction. This is the final slideshow in the series. It is used in edit mode so that students can type onto the slides. After the title slide and two informational slides, there are six slides that invite students to type in around 30 numerators and denominators.

Book mark this page so you can check back as the collection grows. I am working on an answer key and pdf packed with student activity pages to accompany the slideshows. While the slideshows are free, the answer key and activity pdf will be for sale on my TPT store UnCommon Core dot com.