2. Technology Integration Rational
• Fractions have many applications and are used in
everyday life. Technology allows students to better
visualize and understand fractions. Math for many
students can be challenging and frustrating. Using
technology in the lessons allows students to take more
of a hands on approach when learning. It also makes
the topic more engaging for students.
• Students also have many different learning styles. This
presentation teaches fractions using videos,
manipulatives, worksheets, apps, and pictures to help
students of various learning styles learn about
fractions.
3. Evaluation and Citation of Internet
Content
• All of the websites and materials used in this
presentation have been checked and are
reliably sources for using to teach fractions.
4. Video
• Kahn Academy Video
• Kahn academy is a great tool for student to
use to help explain a confusing topic or
reinforce what their teachers covered in class.
Students can have access to it at home if they
are struggling to complete a homework
assignment or studying for an exam. This
particular video talks about how to add mixed
numbers.
5. Blog
• Ms. Giraffe is a teacher whose blog talks about
different ways to teach fractions using
manipulatives, various worksheets, and
project ideas to help students understand the
basic ideas of fractions.
6. Internet Resources
• National Security Agency
– This website is a good resources for teachers to help
form units to do with their students in all areas of
mathematics.
• National Coucil of Teachers of Mathematics
– This is a good site for teachers to get lesson plans,
interactive apps, and other classroom resources to use
with their students.
• National Coucil of Teachers of Mathematics
– This site provides links to video that students can
watch to help understand fractions or any other
concept they are covering in math.
7. Internet Resources
• Kahn Academy
– This organization provides videos teaching all
different lessons on math topics free of charge.
8. Teaching Materials
• On this website you can
have students play games
an practice adding
subtracting multiplying
and simplifying fractions.
You can also choose
different games depending
on what level the student
understand fractions. It
makes it easier to
differentiate for all
students in the class.
• Click the picture to you to
the website!
9. Teaching Materials
• edHelper.com has many
different types of worksheets
that teachers can use to help
teach fractions. The one that
this link takes you to is a
worksheet that covers
equivalent fractions. It has
the students fill in the missing
number that makes the two
fractions equivalent.
• Click on the picture to access
the worksheet!
10. Teaching Materials- Lesson Plan
• This lesson plan has students work in pairs
with fraction strips. The idea is for students to
develop an understanding of equivalent
fractions. Students will be given fraction strips
labeled with 1/2, 1/3, ¼, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8. They
will then be asked questions to help them
understand how these fractions relate to each
other. Students will be asked questions such
as how many halves make a whole, or how
many fourths make a half?
11. Teaching Materials- APP
• This app allows students to practice many types of
calculations with fractions as well as mixed number.
The difficulty of the questions varies so the app can
be used for students preforming at different levels.
The teacher can also go in and create the questions
for the students or they can have the app generate
the questions.
13. Uses of the internet
• Travelang Online Translator (click for link)
– Students who are English language can use this
site to help them understand word problems.
• A Plus Math (click for link)
– Students can use this site to practice fractions
with flash cards and games. It also offers
homework help where students can check their
solutions to problems. Teachers can also get
worksheet off this website.
14. Subject specific internet resources
• This website is a resource for teachers,
students, and parents to use to help better
the students education. It provides puzzles,
worksheets, lessons, games and glossaries to
access to help students understand fractions
as well as other various math topics.
15. Web 2.0
• Twiducate is a site that
students and teachers can
use to communicate with
the whole class. A teacher
can create a class network
where the students can
work together on problem,
projects and share ideas
and work with each other.
16. Rubrics
• Rubistar (Rubric Templates / Rubric
Generator)
• This website id great for making rubrics for
any type of assignment or project. I really
liked how this website gave outlines of rubrics
for various types of projects. It allows you to
edit the rubrics and customize them to fit your
own assignment.
Source: http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/lesson.asp?ID=2511
Click the picture to view the lesson plan!
Source: https://edshelf.com/tool/fraction-math/
Source: http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial/kidspiration
This diagram was created on kidspiration. This diagram could be used when teaching students equivalent fractions. It gives the students a visual representation of how each fraction relates to one whole. It also helps students realize fractions that are equivalent to each other in a visual way.
