Our class has been working on fractions in math. Your child has been using fractions to make "fair shares" of things like paper "brownies" and pattern-block "cookies." By working with these materials, your child is learning how "wholes" come apart into fractions and how fractions fit together as wholes. It's important for children to remember that fractions consist of "equal parts," that means that the parts each need to be the same size.
Here are some ways that you can help at home:
*When your family is sharing food, talk about "fair shares" and help your child name fractions. If you want to split the pizza among five people, how can you split it fairly? How much does each person get?
*Cooking is another great way to learn about fractions. How can we measure 3/4 cup? Look together at how the fractions appear on a measuring cup. Doubling recipes, or cutting them in half, can help your child understand how to make new numbers with fractions.
The purpose of this unit is for students to visualize and compare fractions, to find different combinations of fractions that make a whole, to learn which common fractions are equivalent, and to begin to use fractions to solve problems like this one:
Six people at a party shared all the cookies evenly. Each person ate 1 and 1/3 cookies. How many cookies did they eat?
We love fraction action! :o)Melanie
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