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A TUTORIAL FOR THIRD GRADERS BY HELEN CARBONNEAU EDUC 6305 JULY 2011 Fraction Action!!

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A tutorial on fractions for third graders

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Part one: Would You Recognize a Fraction?

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Each segment is a fraction of the candy bar.

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Each brick is a fraction of the wall.

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A fraction is part of something larger. That larger thing is called

the “whole” or the “unit”.

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Did you like that picture?

Here it is again…

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This is the whole doughnut.

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Here are the fractions. Two halves of the whole doughnut.

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Fractioning is breaking up or splitting up. To fraction something is to break it apart.

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It can be broken up even more.

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It can still be broken up again.

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Fractioning can occur many, many times. No matter the size, all the pieces are fractions.

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We use numbers to show the division. These fractions are mathematical expressions.

½ ¾

5/8 10/16 5/4 999/1000

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Other words for fractions and whole:

Full- half full- empty

Percentages

Decimals

Unit and segments

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Coins are fractions of dollars.

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End of Part One

Cooperative group assignment: In your group, read about “Animal Clutches” on p. 218 in your Student Reference Book.

In journals, write three observations about animal clutches. Bring Reference Books and Journals to Math group.

In Math group, complete a parts-and-total chart using data from “Animal Clutches”.

Assessment: At your desk, complete Math Boxes in Student Math Journal, p. 36.

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Fractioning is breaking up a whole.

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Money fractions have these names:

Cent or penny (1 ¢)Nickel (5 ¢)Dime (10 ¢)Quarter (25 ¢)Half Dollar (50 ¢)

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In math, we refer to the whole unit as an integer.

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Fractions are written like this.

The top number is the numerator. The bottom number is the denominator.

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The denominator is downstairs.

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Denominator

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The numerator is in the attic.

9/10

Numerator

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The fraction tells how many pieces of a whole unit we are dealing with.

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