Texas Commission on the Arts
The Quarter Fold
Little ones identify the US quarter and explore the concept of one-fourth or one-quarter. Using real coins or coin manipulatives, they divide a square piece of paper into quarters, discuss halves and quarters, and create a design that...
Curated OER
A Field of Beans
Beans, or legumes as they are sometimes called, are the topic for an integrated multi-subject lesson plan. Youngsters will read, write, observe, and research everything there is to know about beans. They read a bean story, conduct a bean...
T. Smith Publishing
Fraction Manipulatives
Photocopy these coloful disks onto cardstock, laminate, and then cut out to use as manipulatives when teaching your class about wholes, halves, thirds, and fourths. It is always so helpful to practice math concepts with hands-on...
Curated OER
The Beet Goes On
Root vegetables inspire the series of activities included here. Class members participate in activities related to language arts, social studies, science, visual art, and math. At first, the long list might feel overwhelming; however,...
Curated OER
Little Red Hen
Pupils listen to a teacher reading of The Little Red Hen, identify the story elements and sequence them. They talk about different jobs associated with providing food and act out a play based on the story. Be aware that although several...
Curated OER
Fraction Manipulatives
In these fraction worksheets, 5th graders use the fraction manipulatives to help them learn and visualize fractions. Students then solve 5 fraction problems.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary (Gr. 4 6)
Many teachers find it more challenging to incorporate the use of manipulatives into their mathematics programs at the upper elementary or middle school grades. Activities using manipulatives are provided for grades four, five, and six...
Rice University
Rice University: Who Wants Pizza? A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions
These introductory lessons on fractions provide clear explanations and directions with interactive practice problems. Also includes a "teacher's notes" section with resource and standards information. Each section focuses on a different...
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University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Half and Half [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of one-half in a geometric context.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Tumbletown Mathletics Game
Practice fractions, counting money, understanding spatial relationships, perimeter measurement, and basic arithmetic calculations such as adding, subtracting, simple multiplying and dividing while earning points in this fast-paced game.
Other
Crick Primary School: The Wall Divide
Students click on the bricks with the correct answer to destroy the wall and move up a level. The interactive activity reviews division facts.
Other
The Math Learning Center: Math Tools Math Vocabulary Cards
The Math Vocabulary Cards app helps students deepen their conceptual understanding of key terms in mathematics. Each card features three sections: a math term, a representative example or model, and a concise definition. Each section can...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: My Book of Five
Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Grouping and Grazing
A game that reviews grouping in fives and tens, and adding and subtracting. The instuctions are clear and include a video of how to play.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Beginning Fractions
Students identify fourths in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Graphs and Fractions
Have students draw squares on graph paper and half some of the squares on the outside. Number all the squares and continue numbering with the halfs. Students are then instructed to create their own ratios such as: 4 halves to eight...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Fabulous Fractions
An interactive web lesson introduces fractions and provides an opportunity for students to practice dividing shapes into equal parts.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: I Want My Half
An interactive lesson teaches students about sharing in equal parts including halves, thirds, fourths, and fifths.
abcteach
Abcteach: Fractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of teacher-created fraction activities, patterns, and manipulatives that are printable. Includes flashcards, worksheets and a take-home project with fractions for both primary and elementary.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Tints and Shades
In this activity, students solve a problem involving mixing of paint colors. They use color charts to determine the fractional parts and percentages of colors needed to create tints and shades. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Picturing Probabilities of Number Cube Sums
Students use ideas of ratio and proportion to investigate various ways to make a circle graph. Students create graphs to display the probabilities of the different sums that can be generated with two number cubes. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g 3 D Shape Sort
As a whole group, students will sort a collection of three-dimensional objects into categories by shape. There should be several that fall into each of the categories below: Aligns with 1.G.A.1.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g Counting Squares
This lesson plan challenges the students to find squares are in different places? Aligns with 1.G.A.2.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Halves and Fourths
In this exercise, students practice identifying halves and fourths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.