Fraction Flags
Check out state and national flags to find designs that demonstrate fractional color divisions, then design your own fraction flag.
1. Research flag designs. Note varying geometric configurations.
2. With a ruler and Crayola® Scissors, measure and cut a 6- by 9-inch (15 x 24 cm) rectangle of oak tag.
3. On white scrap paper, sketch a Fraction Flag with Crayola Crayons, following the teacher's directions about the number of segments and other requirements.
4. On oak tag, draw your own flag with Crayola Crayons or Washable Markers. Use a ruler to divide the flag into exact fractional parts. Fill the flag with drawings and colors. On the back, write the fractional name and symbol (such as thirds, 1/3).
5. Attach your flag with Crayola School Glue to a craft stick or short dowel stick. Dry overnight.
6. Shape a flag stand with Crayola Model Magic. Insert the flag and fly it from your desk.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough With Small Parts—
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- If the arts & crafts project involves making small objects, follow the small parts/choking hazards standards: WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years."
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient. Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic, and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
Wood—By its nature, wood is rough and may contain splinters or sharp points
- The fractions required in the design depend on students' math capabilities. Younger children and special needs students might fold construction paper in half, fourths, or eighths, then cut on folds to make equal fractional flag sections to design with crayons. Arrange and attach sections to oak tag using Crayola® Washable Glue Sticks.
- Students write a story about what their flag symbolizes, such as about an imaginary country called Land of Fourths.
- Students sew large fabric flags or banners to depict an event or topic. This lesson plan was adapted from ideas submitted by Sandra H. Scott of Sale Creek, Tennessee, for the 50 States - 50 Weeks Dream-Makers series.
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