Create a fun and simple way to practice fractions with Crayola® Dry-Erase Crayons and a plastic plate.

• 1.

  With a permanent marker and recycled CD as a template, draw a circle on a large plastic plate. Allow the permanent marker to dry completely. Adult assistance is required when using permanent markers.

• 2.

  Use a ruler to draw lines to divide the circle into equal parts. Make a different plate for each set of fractions you want to practice: half, thirds, fourths, etc.

• 3.

  Use Crayola® Dry-Erase Crayons to color in fraction pieces and write out the numerator and denominator. Use the E-Z Erase Mitt to wipe off the Dry-Erase crayon and continue practicing.

Standards

• LA: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
• LA: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• LA: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade level topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• LA: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
• MATH: Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators.
• VA: Intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of experiences and ideas.
• VA: Select and use the qualities of structures and functions of art to improve communication of ideas.

Adaptations

• Possible classroom resources include: The Wishing Club: A Story About Fractions by Donna Jo Napoli; Full House: An Invitation to Fractions by Dalye Ann Dodds; The Lion's Share by Matthew McElliqott
• Working in small groups, students create original word problems involving fractions. Groups share their original problems with classmates who use their fraction plates to assist with finding solutions.