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http://dspace.unitywomenscollege.ac.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/427| Title: | FUNNY & FABULOUS FRACTION STORIES 30 Reproducible Math Tales and Problems To Reinforce Important Fraction Skills |
| Authors: | Dan, Greenberg |
| Keywords: | Mathematics teaching Teaching of mathematics Fractions |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic professional books |
| Abstract: | CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS BOOK. . . . . . . . . . . 5 THE BASICS Skill 1: Picturing Fractions Martha Crunch, Personal Fractions Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Skill 2: Recognizing Fractions Great Artists of the World Draw Fractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Skill 3: Drawing and Identifying Fractions The History of Fractions: A Play . . . . 13 Skill 4: Comparing Fractions Dear Ms. Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Skill 5: Equivalent Fractions Louie Lewis, Fractional Private Eye . . 18 Skill 6: Introduction To Simplest Form Martha and Steve: Simplest Form. . . 20 Skill 7: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers Joe Trella, Fraction Fella . . . . . . . . . . 22 Skill 8: Practice Simplest Form Never More, Baltimore! . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Skill Review Ultra Workout 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS Skill 9: Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators Rex Roper’s Believe It or Not! . . . . . . 28 Skill 10: Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators Texarkana Bernstein: The World’s Greatest Adventurer and Her Trusty Dog, Woovis (Episode 1) . . . . . . . . . . 31 Skill 11: Least Common Denominators Officer Meg O’Malley of the Fraction Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Skill 12: Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Martha’s Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Skill 13: Adding Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators Texarkana Bernstein: The World’s Greatest Adventurer and Her Trusty Dog, Woovis (Episode 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Skill 14: Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators Billy Doogan, Roving Weather Man . . 43 Skill Review Ultra Workout, Too! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING FRACTIONS Skill 15: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Emily Taproot, Fractional Poet . . . . . 47 Skill 16: Multiplying Fractions The Frackie Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Skill 17: Reciprocals Emily Taproot’s Winky-Tinky Tigglesworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Skill 18: Dividing Fractions Louie Lewis: The Case of the Flipping Fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Skill 19: Multiplying And Dividing Mixed Numbers Officer Meg O’Malley: Episode 2 . . . . 56 Skill 20: Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers Yucky Cooking with Mr. Pierre . . . . . 58 Skill 21: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Martha Crunch and Her Amazing Fraction Workout Video . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Skill Review Ultra Workout 3!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 USING FRACTIONS Skill 22: Multiplying Probabilities The Critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Skill 23: Ratios Arnold Guck: Man or Myth? . . . . . . . 65 Skill 24: Equivalent Fractions and Decimals Enid The Magnificent, Part 1. . . . . . . 68 Skill 25: Equivalent Fractions and Decimals Enid the Magnificent, Part 2: Enid Does the Unthinkable . . . . . . . . 70 Skill 26: Fraction Number Sense Name That Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Skill 27: Multiplication, Division and Addition Martha’s Brain Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 TEST 1: THE ULTIMATE FRACTION WORKOUT, PART ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 TEST 2: THE ULTIMATE FRACTION WORKOUT, PART TWO . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ANSWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 |
| Description: | HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Welcome to Funny & Fabulous fraction Stories! Fractions are a tricky topic. Neither completely concrete or abstract, they mark the transition in math from the purely representational to the purely symbolic. Because of this, many students find fractions difficult to learn—and many teachers find them difficult to teach. This book seeks to make fractions more accessible to both students and teachers by introducing an element of fun. The stories, poems, plays, and parodies contained in these pages are designed to entertain your students and at the same time to give them a solid grasp of important fractional concepts. The characters and situations in each activity will also help students apply the concepts they learn to real-life situations—a key element of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Curriculum Standards. The stories in this book are intended to appeal to all kinds of learners, including: • students at all achievement levels • students working with fractions for the first time • older students who need review and enrichment • students who find it difficult to visualize and conceptualize fractions • students not easily motivated by traditional textbooks • students who seek a connection between their own lives and mathematical concepts |
| URI: | http://dspace.unitywomenscollege.ac.in/handle/123456789/427 |
| Appears in Collections: | Mathematics Teaching |
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