The document contains several passages about fractions including: 1) A poem about a person wanting to lose weight to fit into a dress for a party and learning about fractions by cutting up a cucumber. 2) A story about Mickey and Donald making wishes and only receiving fractions of what they wished for, then teaming up with Goofy and Woofy to wish for a whole pizza by combining their fractional wishes. 3) An introduction to fractions as parts of a whole or group and examples of fraction families.

1. If only I could loose, Just a fraction of weight. Then a pretty dress I could choose, To wear to the party on Saturday at 1/4 to Eight. We came to the conclusion A fraction is part of a whole number, So to save any confusion We practiced chopping up a cucumber, Sixteen pieces,, So 1/2 would be Eight 1/4 would be four 3/4 would be twelve, I will start slowly, not put as much on my plate Just a fraction of food to lose weight. A Poem on Fractions

2. A story on fractions Mickey wishes on the first star he sees, but instead of the dollar he hopes for, he gets only a quarter. The next night his little friend Donald wishes for a cookie—and gets just half of one.

3. Next morning Mickey is a quarter richer. He wishes again, while Donald asks for a cookie. Mickey receives another quarter and Donald gets half a cookie. At this point, Goofy and her twin Woofy get in on the wishing. But each receives only an eighth of their wish. Putting their heads together, they determine that their ages are the key, and that if they all wish for the same thing, they can get one whole.

4. ONE LARGE PIZZA !

5. 3/8 1/8 3/8 1/8

6. 1/8 + 3/8 + 1/8 + 3/8 = 8/8 THAT MEANS A WHOLE PIZZA WOW ! We got full .

7. After seeing this story it must be clear that fractions are a part of the whole Hi, Iam Mr Fraction ! Welcome to fraction world Each part of me is made of smaller part called Fraction s

8. Fractions Part of a whole Part of a group Of objects

9. Fraction Families 1/2 1/4 1/8 HALF QUARTER EIGHTH 1/6 SIXTH

10. Let's do some counting... How many hexagons are here? But, what if there was just part of a hexagon? How would we count it? We'll use fractions ! Fractions are for counting PART of something

11. Let's break the hexagon into 6 equal pieces :

12. That would be 1 piece out of 6 pieces What if we just had one of the pieces ?

13. Here's how we write it:

14. How much of this hexagon is red ? 5 pieces are red... out of 6 total pieces ... So, of the hexagon is red .

15. of this square is red Remember that fractions are used to count a part of something. Check out this square: How much is red? Break it apart:

16. EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS Are these Equivalent

18. Check out these circles: The first one says that is red and the second one says that is red ... But, the same amount is red on both circles!

19. Look at another one: The same amount is green on both so

24. WORKSHEETS ON FRACTIONS CONTENT ---- Name a Fraction Name the equivalent fractions Represent as mixed numeral

25. How much pizza is left?

26. ? ? What two equivalent fractions do you see here? and

27. Front wall has 32 squares. What fraction does a window represent? What fraction does a door represent ?

28. Answer:_____ Answer :_____ What fraction of the rectangle is shaded grey ? Answer:_____ What fraction of kids in the playground are boys? What fraction of cars are blue? What fraction of the pie is shaded grey? Answer:_____

30. ________________ ______________ What two equivalent fractions do you see here? and