Fractions

Day 2Pine Level Elementary

Mrs. Housley

Journal Entry

In your Daily Data table, instead of writing the number of students who chose each one, write the fraction of our class who chose each one. For

example…

How many students chose just Mercury?

How many students are there in all?

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Fractions Word Wall

In math, the whole means the entire thing.

My mom baked a whole cake for my birthday! Shedidn’t just bake part of it,

she baked the entire cake!

Fractions Word Wall

A fraction is an equal piece of the whole.

Since there were many peopleat my party, we had to cut the cake to be sure that everyone could eat a fraction of the wholecake.

Fractions Word Wall

The numerator is the top number you write in a fraction. It tells how many

pieces you’re talking about.

½

Fractions Word Wall

The denominator is the bottom number you write in a fraction. It tells

how many pieces there are in all.

½

Fractions Word Wall

an equal piece of

the whole

the entire thing

whole

fraction

how many pieces your

talking about

how many pieces in all

numerator

denominator

Action FractionBy: Hap Palmer

http://www.songsforteaching.com/happalmer/actionfraction.htm

Everybody's doin' the Action Fraction!

Gettin' mathematical satisfaction!

Dancin' a radical new sensation!

Sweepin' it's way across the nation!

Reach up high as you can go.

Bend down low and touch your toes.

Lift your hands half way up,

And mark the middle with a clap, clap,

clap.

Reach up high as you can go.

Bend down low and touch your toes.

Lift your hands one fourth the way.

Snap your fingers, step and sway.

Reach up high as you can go.

Bend down low and touch your toes.

Lift your hands three fourths the way,

Jiggle and shake 'em any old way.

Turn one third and wave your hand.

Turn another third and wave once more.

Turn another third and you're right back

home

Ready to what you did before.

Everybody's doin' the Action Fraction!

Gettin' mathematical satisfaction!

Dancin' a radical new sensation!

Sweepin' it's way across the nation!

Mrs. Housley’s Peculiar Pizzas

Welcome to Mrs. Housley’s Peculiar Pizzas, where you pay no extra for

your favorite creepy, crawly toppings! Today, you will be in training to work

as a Peculiar Pizza Cook. Before taking on any specialties, you must first know how to cut a pizza into equal pieces.

Here we go!

Mrs. Housley’s Peculiar Pizzas

At Table 1, there are 2 customers. Use the yarn to show me how you would cut the whole pizza into fractions for

these 2 customers.

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At Table 4, there are 4 customers. Use the yarn to show me how you would cut the whole pizza into fractions for

these 4 customers.

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At Table 7, there are 6 customers. Use the yarn to show me how you would cut the whole pizza into fractions for

these 6 customers.

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At Table 3, there are 8 customers. Use the yarn to show me how you would cut the whole pizza into fractions for

these 8 customers.18

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181

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Congratulations! You have passed the first training! Now you can practice

filling orders. Here, at Mrs. Housley’s Peculiar Pizzas, we offer only the most

exceptional toppings! Some best sellers are…

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lizardsnake

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Remember, the denominator (or

bottom number tells you how many pieces to cut your pizza into.

The numerator (or top number) tells you how many pieces to put the topping on.

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frogsnake

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lizardfrog

snake

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26

36

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froglizardsnake

28

18

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lizardfrog2

4

24

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snakeplain

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snakefrogplain

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Wrap-Up

Take out those dry erase boards and come to the carpet for a quick review. No need to sit by your buddy this time!

Wrap-Up

In math, the word used to describe the entire thing is the ____________.

A. numerator

B. fraction

C. whole

Wrap-Up

In math, the word used to describe a piece of the whole is called a _________.

A. fraction

B. denominator

C. whole

Wrap-Up

Write this fraction on your board.

¼ This shows how much of a sandwich Tristan ate for lunch. Put a triangle

around the denominator.

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¼ This shows how much of a sandwich

Tristan ate for lunch. Put a circle around the numerator.

Wrap-Up

Kristina ate 2 pieces of this pizza. Writewhat fraction of the

pizza she ate. ?

?

How many pieces are you talking

about?

How many pieces are there in all?

Wrap-Up

Could you cut this shape into two fractions? If so, show me how on your

dry erase board.