Hershey Fractions Unit designed by Susan Murray, Columbia County School System, 2006

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Hershey 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.
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Stepwise Instructional Task Worksheet
Upper Elementary Mathematics
Numbers and Operations Hershey Fractions
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Fractions are fun!!

• And yummy, too!!

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.
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Amber has a candy bar.
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Amber said, Arianna, lets share.
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Arianna said, I want that piece.
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Thats the piece I want, said Amber.
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Oh, no. What can we do?
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I know. Lets start again.
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Two girls, two halves of candy.
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One half for you and one half for me.
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Can we share it another way?
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Three children, three pieces of candy.
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One third for Joey,
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one third for CJ,
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and one third for Les.
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Can we share it another way?
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Four children, four pieces of candy.
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One fourth for Matthew,
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one fourth for Malik,
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one fourth for Luke,
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and one fourth for Hunter.
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Uh, oh!! We have two children left.
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We can break it in half.
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One half for Paul
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and one half for Lindsey.
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Now we all have candy.
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Thank you, Amber.

• Youre the best.

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Lets play Name that Fraction
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l/3
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l/2
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l/4
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l/4
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l/2
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l/3
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l/4
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l/2
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l/3
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l/2