Fractions (as part of a region)

Playground Fractions

source: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally by John A. Van De Walle, Karen S. Karp, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams.

materials:

• Pattern blocks
• grid paper for students to record on

directions:

• show students the picture of the "playground" and have them recreate it.
• Then have them use pattern blocks to find different fractions listed and draw them on their paper