cause when I mentioned it and said, “Remember this from second grade?” about a third of my kids said,
“Nope.”
Soooo, we’re only working with identifying them. We’ve watched a lot of BrainPop and used lots of different activities to practice this concept, including the Giant Fractions Foldable from my Furry Friends Fractions Pack, at TPT.
Today, I introduced fractional parts of sets. It actually went reeeeeeaaaalllly well.
Why?
Cause chocolate.
That’s why.
Chocolate makes everything better.
First, we opened our package of M&Ms….
mmmmm….
chocolately gooodness…..
Then, kids sorted by color
and recorded their data.
Then we identified the fractional parts for each color, and some color combinations.
Then, of course, we wrote about it. But guess what. I took a picture, I thought, of a kid’s writing. But then, I opened the picture just now and it was a picture of my shoes. Which I deleted.
So I don’t have a picture of that. It was just “I learned…” and “What I still don’t understand is…”
That's a great idea. We've done that before with skittles, cereal, and m&ms. I'm going to go grab your activity and stop at the store in the morning. We've been testing so much this week, my kids will love this treat. I have some fraction cards on my blog that are free and might be perfect for you. Patty 2inline.blogspot.com
This sounds like so much fun! We'll be starting fractions in a few weeks. Unfortunately, I can't use M&M's in my classroom (I have two kids with severe nut allergies and even the plain chocolate ones aren't always safe). But. . .I CAN use Skittles! 🙂
That's a great idea. We've done that before with skittles, cereal, and m&ms. I'm going to go grab your activity and stop at the store in the morning. We've been testing so much this week, my kids will love this treat. I have some fraction cards on my blog that are free and might be perfect for you.
Patty
2inline.blogspot.com
Great and tasty way to learn about fractions!
Lori
Conversations in Literacy
Great idea! I might have to use this during our test prep review! 🙂
Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher
I love doing M&M fractions! i did them every year in 3rd grade!
This sounds like so much fun! We'll be starting fractions in a few weeks. Unfortunately, I can't use M&M's in my classroom (I have two kids with severe nut allergies and even the plain chocolate ones aren't always safe). But. . .I CAN use Skittles! 🙂
Thanks for the great ideas!
Oh My Little Classity Class
Chocolate makes anything fun!
❤Teri
A Cupcake for the Teacher
chocolate does make everything better!! have you done a chocolate bar with them for fractions? My students loved that too.
Kelli
so jealous of your pin it button–still can't get mine to work even after tutorials!
I'm going to give this a try. It looks like a great activity for introducing fractions.
I would love to use this activity with some students I tutor. Always great when food is involved 🙂
This sounds like a great activity to do with learners as an introduction to Fractions. Thank you!
I would love to try this activity. My kiddos are struggling with fractions and the skittles activity last week seemed to help.
I can't wait to try your M & M fraction sheet. I think my kids will love it.
I can't wait to try your M & M fraction sheet. I think my kids will love it.
This is a sure way to have kids love fractions!