Well, we are getting to the time of year when everybody starts asking me, “What are some summer math activities that I can give my students to do over break?” Today, I’m going to give you my unpopular opinion about what math activities to have students do over the...
Did you know that there are fraction rules that we teach kids that actually expire? Yeah, there are things that we teach them that work for right now, but they don’t work long term. Today, we’re going to explore fraction rules that expire. Watch the video or...
Today we take a look at the number one manipulative for teaching fractions: the blank fraction tiles. When kids are given a fraction visual like this, not many of them can say that this is actually 1/4. The majority of kids say that this is 1/3. Now, you may think...
Fractions are the worst. When I taught sixth grade, I was so guilty of teaching rules and procedures that I myself did not understand. I was guilty of teaching my students the butterfly method, and KCF, yeah, for Keep, Change, Flip. We’ve all been there. Watch...
When teaching fractions, kids need lots of visuals and concrete manipulatives to help build their understanding. But there’s one visual representation that we use a lot that actually builds some misconceptions about fractions. Today we’re going to...
I don’t know about you, but I really struggled with developing an understanding of fractions. Even as an adult, I did not have fraction sense, and it wasn’t until I had experiences that involved the CRA approach around fractions that truly developed my...
Did you know that we’re not supposed to use the phrase improper fractions anymore? Today, we’re going to investigate why you need to stop saying the phrase improper fractions, and what you should say instead as we build our math minds so that we can build the...
