Title: Hershey Fractions Unit designed by Susan Murray, Columbia County School System, 2006
1Hershey FractionsUnit designed by Susan
Murray,Columbia County School System, 2006
GPS Standards to be Addressed M2N4 Students
will understand and compare common fractions with
small denominators. M3N5 Students will
understand the meaning of decimals and common
fractions in simple cases and apply them in
problem-solving situations. M4N6 Students will
further develop their understanding of the
meaning of common fractions and use them in
computations. M5N4 Students will continue to
develop their understanding of the meaning of
common fractions and will compute with them. M4P5
Students will create and use pictures,
manipulatives, models, and symbols to organize,
record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
GPS Standards to be Addressed M2N4 Students
will understand and compare common fractions with
small denominators. M3N5 Students will
understand the meaning of decimals and common
fractions in simple cases and apply them in
problem-solving situations. M4N6 Students will
further develop their understanding of the
meaning of common fractions and use them in
computations. M5N4 Students will continue to
develop their understanding of the meaning of
common fractions and will compute with
them. M4P5 Students will create and use
pictures, manipulatives, models, and symbols to
organize, record, and communicate mathematical
ideas.
2Stepwise Instructional Task Worksheet
Upper Elementary Mathematics
Numbers and Operations Hershey Fractions
3Fractions are fun!!
Created by Susan Murray Columbia County School
System
Susan inserted photos of her students throughout
the PowerPoint to make it interesting and
motivating to her students. You can do the same
by saving this PowerPoint to your desktop then
going to InsertPicturefrom File on the toolbar
and adding pictures of your students from your
own saved computer files.
4Amber has a candy bar.
5Amber said, Arianna, lets share.
6Arianna said, I want that piece.
7Thats the piece I want, said Amber.
8Oh, no. What can we do?
9I know. Lets start again.
10Two girls, two halves of candy.
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2
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One half for you and one half for me.
11Can we share it another way?
12Three children, three pieces of candy.
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13One third for Joey,
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14 one third for CJ,
l/3
15and one third for Les.
l/3
16Can we share it another way?
17Four children, four pieces of candy.
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4
18One fourth for Matthew,
l/4
19one fourth for Malik,
l/4
20one fourth for Luke,
l/4
21and one fourth for Hunter.
l/4
22Uh, oh!! We have two children left.
23We can break it in half.
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24One half for Paul
l/2
25and one half for Lindsey.
l/2
26Now we all have candy.
27Thank you, Amber.
28Lets play Name that Fraction
29l/3
30l/2
31l/4
32l/4
33l/2
34l/3
35l/4
36l/2
37l/3
38l/2