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What are some fraction games to teach to my 6th graders?

Asked by Supergirl (1696points) February 5th, 2008

I am teaching adding/subtracting/multiplying and dividing of fractions to my 6th graders. Any dynamite lessons out there? We have 1 to 1 laptops, so anything using technology would be great as well!

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MedivhX's avatar

Well, you could install Edubuntu Linux, which is intended for school kids, and contains many educational programs. You can also try this.

artemisdivine's avatar

http://mathforum.org/library/ (around since before 1996 lots of topics!)
http://www.aaaknow.com/grade6.htm

Grade 6 HARTNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL BLACKSTONE, MA 01504
http://schoolnotes.com/01504/gswanson.html

Great Websites for Teachers!
http://gyr.wcpss.net/info/links/teachers.shtml

blog you might enjoy! looks interesting remember to check LINKS on blogs
as they can also point you to great sites

Used to be in advertising sales. Changed careers to teaching. That was 11 years ago. I’m still alive and I’m still poor (monetarily). But I’m rich with life experiences (how’s that for cliche?)
http://theheadoftheclass.blogspot.com/

6th Grade Math Go Figure!
http://kellyblock3.tum.abss.k12.nc.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=294532&sessionid=8cc39bcfa63a50c7695615889bf55dc1

So we just got done with a unit on operations with decimals, specifically adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals. Not much harder than doing that with whole numbers, you just have to pay attention to where the decimal goes.
http://whatsyoursine.blogspot.com/

the links from her page
http://www.mathpower.com/tutorial.htm
designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics… scroll down… GREAT wild fonts
http://www.coolmath.com/home.htm
This is a help resource for 4th through 8th grades. We have just redesigned and reformatted these pages to enable faster loading and display times, but some pages still load slowly
http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm

K-8 math
http://www.webmath.com/index3.html

Our puzzles will hone students’ math vocabulary skills. We have interactive puzzles with 3 levels of difficulty, printables, and solutions for all resources. There are 78 pages in our puzzle library which can be found here.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/
http://www.math.com/

The American Mathematics Competitions
http://www.unl.edu/amc/

Zaku's avatar

@artemisdivine: Wow, that’s quite a list! Did you put that together yourself?

SmartAZ's avatar

Technology has nothing to do with learning.

Fractions are not games, they are a description of reality. Put a ruler in a kid’s hands and show him how to design a box. Search orthographic projection if you don’t know what that means. Provide precut boards for the box, but make the kid figure out where to put the nails. The nails have to go in the center line of an edge of the board, but that is invisible so he has to measure it. Small holes have to be drilled so the nails go straight and don’t split the wood. Boards are 5/8” thick, so it’s fairly obvious that the center is 5/16” from the edge. Then he has to measure and mark the center line and decide how far apart to put the nails. If you include a hinged lid for this then you have a first class project and a useful box that the kid can keep the rest of his life.

I remember when I was a kid and stupid teachers spent a year and a half trying to teach fractions with games and bits of colored paper, and I learned the subject perfectly in a single afternoon just by measuring boards to build a box.

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