Many students struggle when it comes to placing fractions on the number line. Once they understand the concept, they need loads of practice. Students need the kind of practice that gets more challenging as they get more proficient at the task. This interactive slideshow is for students who are familiar with the concepts of proper fractions, how to place fractions on number lines, equivalent fractions, and unit fractions.
Is it possible to use skip counting to multiply fractions with whole numbers? Yes! Let your students skip count to multiply fractions with whole numbers. It's a great way to introduce multiplication with fractions.
My guess is that most of us employ evidenced based techniques when we teach and would like to stay up-to-date when it comes to learning about new research and testing those ideas in our classrooms. With this in mind, here is a list of strategies proven to be effective in education.
Call it anything you want: Two Truths and a Fib, or Facts and a Falsehood, the math version of this game is just as fun as the original. Students will love to practice math facts with Two Facts and a FAKE. Keep your entire class engaged playing this fast paced, find the facts, fix the fraud type game.
The fun parts of this game are thinking of new and exciting ways to describe what you want to bring, and evaluating the ideas of others. So, you can carry on playing even after it is very clear that everyone knows what sort of thing to bring. In fact, playing the same game for a while gives your students plenty of time to think up loads of expressions that meet the criteria.
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Using concrete examples shows students that addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are processes that combine or separate groups of objects in predictable ways. Real life examples help them learn that seven plus eight is always fifteen.
Spaced practice goes by many names, such as spaced repetition, spaced retrieval practice, and spaced presentation. Whatever you call it, spaced practice is used with students of every age and in every subject area. It is especially useful when memorizing content such as vocabulary words or math facts, after the ideas and concepts have been understood. Spaced repetition is the opposite of massed presentation usually called ‘cramming’.
Illustrated numbers lines are not just for elementary school. Students of any age would enjoy creating one.
