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Teaching Fractions: Tips, Tricks, and Great Web Sites!

Jo - Sunday, October 12, 2008, 12:12 pm
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Categories: Math

I am writing this blog because my son has been frustrated between simplifying fractions and comparing fractions with uncommon denominators. What is a fraction? Answer: A fraction is a number that names part of a whole or group. Money (the real kind) and candy (especially after Halloween) are great manipulatives for teaching fractions Coolmath4kids.com: What […]

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The Standing-in-Line Game

Jo - Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:21 pm
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Categories: ABCs, Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Spelling

It seems like my first graders and I were always standing in line: going to the bathroom, waiting for specials (PE, art, music, etc.), going to lunch, getting our pictures taken, and on and on and on. So I invented games to play that my children loved and kept them well-behaved while standing in line. […]

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