What are some fraction games to teach to my 6th graders?
I am teaching adding/subtracting/multiplying and dividing of fractions to my 6th graders. Any dynamite lessons out there? We have 1 to 1 laptops, so anything using technology would be great as well!
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Well, you could install Edubuntu Linux, which is intended for school kids, and contains many educational programs. You can also try this.
@artemisdivine: Wow, that’s quite a list! Did you put that together yourself?
Technology has nothing to do with learning.
Fractions are not games, they are a description of reality. Put a ruler in a kid’s hands and show him how to design a box. Search orthographic projection if you don’t know what that means. Provide precut boards for the box, but make the kid figure out where to put the nails. The nails have to go in the center line of an edge of the board, but that is invisible so he has to measure it. Small holes have to be drilled so the nails go straight and don’t split the wood. Boards are 5/8” thick, so it’s fairly obvious that the center is 5/16” from the edge. Then he has to measure and mark the center line and decide how far apart to put the nails. If you include a hinged lid for this then you have a first class project and a useful box that the kid can keep the rest of his life.
I remember when I was a kid and stupid teachers spent a year and a half trying to teach fractions with games and bits of colored paper, and I learned the subject perfectly in a single afternoon just by measuring boards to build a box.
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