Fractions with Skittles - with multiple skill levels supported
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Grade Levels
3rd - 5th
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Standards
CCSS3.NF.A.1
CCSS3.NF.A.3
CCSS3.NF.A.3b
CCSS3.NF.A.3d
CCSS4.NF.A.1
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3 pages
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This is a fun, simple, interactive Skittles activity to teach or reinforce conceptual understanding of fractions. It is comprehensive in this aspect in that it covers basic fractions as parts of a whole, equivalency, comparing fractions (greater than, less than, equal to) and adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators (and UNLIKE denominators as a special challenge at the end for students who could benefit from it).
This would be MOST beneficial for third and fourth grades, however, I personally created it for my fifth grade classroom that has a wide variety of needs and learning gaps when it comes to fractions.
Enjoy! I would love your feedback.
Total Pages
3 pages
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N/A
Teaching Duration
50 minutes
Last updated Feb 13th, 2022
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS3.NF.A.1
Understand a fraction 1/𝘣 as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into 𝘣 equal parts; understand a fraction 𝘢/𝑏 as the quantity formed by 𝘢 parts of size 1/𝘣.
CCSS3.NF.A.3
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
CCSS3.NF.A.3b
Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
CCSS3.NF.A.3d
Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
CCSS4.NF.A.1
Explain why a fraction 𝘢/𝘣 is equivalent to a fraction (𝘯 × 𝘢)/(𝘯 × 𝘣) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
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