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 are Fractions?
Dr. Mike’s Math [...]
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Jo - Friday, October 3, 2008, 9:26 pm
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Categories: Math, Reading
I made this book years ago when my son was learning to count. He loved the book Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, so I tweaked the idea using spiders instead of monkeys. I used pompoms for the spiders and a black marker for the legs. The bed and the text were created on [...]
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