Get a handle on equivalent fractions through the use of manipulatives. Using area models, sets, and length manipulatives like fraction strips and Cuisenaire rods, the class will gain a deeper understanding of equivalent fractions....

Students use candy bars, beef jerky, and brownies to represent different fractions. Students also use colored multi-link cubes or blocks to illustrate the same representations of fractions. Students work with a partner to create diagrams...

Subtracting fractions that have unequal denominators is a tricky process. The lesson utilizes fraction bars as a manipulative, in order to understand subtracting fractions and estimating differences. After completing three activities in...

Second graders identify and name fractional parts through the use of mud pie manipulatives. In this fractional manipulatives lesson, 2nd graders identify and label halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, eighths, and tenths and order them...

Fourth graders utilize fraction bar manipulatives to compare a variety of fractions to the fraction value 1/2. Pupils are put into groups, and they begin to see how fractions that look completely different actually represent the same...

Here is an excellent lesson plan on solving subtraction word problems using fractions and mixed numbers. Learners complete three activities that will help them to explore and better-understand the world of mixed numbers. Fraction bars...

Students use paper cups and colored chips to observe properties of operations with real numbers. As a class, students brainstorm and use manipulatives to demonstrate associative, commutative, distributive identity and inverse properties....

Upper graders explore division through fair-shares. They will review fair shares and fractions as a segway into division. They start by playing "Share Fairly" game and create mathematical arguments for solving problems. Manipulatives and...

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Primary geometers create a picture using tangrams. In this geometry lesson, students read Grandfather Tang: A Tale Told with Tangrams, cut out their own tangrams, and choose a character from the story to make using their tangram pieces.

Learners work in groups to compare fractions. They check their answers using fraction manipulatives. They write their answers on a white board.

Students convert between fractions, decimals, and percents using money. In this conversions lesson plan, students play with a mock store in class.

Elementary schoolers generate and manipulate fractions. They review equivalent fractions and use an analog clock to create and add fractions. Pupils work in groups to complete two fraction worksheets.

Students describe a fraction in terms of sharing parts of a whole. They understand the meaning of the parts of a fraction and add and subtract like fractions. They apply fractions to problem situations and recognize and use equivalent...

First graders listen to a story, manipulate flannel board figures, and cut soft cookies and paper plates into equal parts.

Students investigate relationships among fractions and use cut out pizzas and fraction circles to compare equivalent fractions. They exchange fractional parts of construction paper pizza circles to use as many different fractional parts...

Fourth graders study fractions. In this fractions lesson plan, 4th graders define fraction-related vocabulary words. Students use beads to study fractions. Students draw shapes to study fraction equivalency and brainstorm fractions they...

Students practice manipulative skills, locomotor skills, balancing skills, and fitness skills using a Halloween theme. They take turns practicing batting skills to hit ball off tee and throw a total of three beanbags one at a time...

Students create 'wacky' shoes as a part of a biomedical engineering activity. In this bioengineering instructional activity, students investigate old shoes cut in half and discuss the purpose of each shoe layer. Students use a shoe...

Students explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. In this weather instructional activity, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate...

Students create a glossary of geometric terms while exploring tangram manipulatives.

First graders incorporate language expressions, such as first, then, and together into a story and write the math equations that they represent. Concepts for the process of addition are developed using manipulatives, modeling, and...

Whether you're using it to tell stories, explore the letter b, or during a life science instructional activity, these butterfly puppets will be a hit. Youngsters use crayons, tissue paper, and paper bags to create butterfly puppets.

Fourth graders investigate the concept of geometric patterning. They create their own patterns with a few basic requirements. The patterns must illustrate the concepts of flipping, 90 and 180 degree rotations. The collages also consist...