Category Archives: Fractions

Fractions are Everywhere (at Donahoe ES!)

Posted on November 21, 2016 by cmaquilina

Last week, we had a great time exploring fractions at Donahoe Elementary in Mrs. Quesenberry’s fifth grade class. Mrs. Quesenberry found this great idea where students look for fractions all around the school building.   We took photos with the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bowling Fractions!

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Matt Caratachea

I am so excited! The latest episode of Math on the Spot has been uploaded to the blog. This time the Elementary ITRT’s participated in a bowling competition at Bowl America. Each team bowled a round, figured out the fraction of pins they knocked down and then added their total to their partner’s total in …

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#TechTakeout Has Fun With Fractions At Ratcliffe

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

Last Friday #TechTakeout had the pleasure of going out to Ratcliffe Elementary. We had a blast doing computation with fractions! We first started off doing a Kahoot to get everyone warmed up. It was 5 easy fraction questions, just enough to get everyone excited. Here’s the link to the Kahoot if you want to use …

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#TechTakeout Gets Creative At Carver!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

Today the #TechTakeout crew went over to Carver Elementary to work with some amazing kindergarten students and teachers! We had a blast working on some Math skills on both iPads and computers. As a group we made sure to focus on particular skills that the students had trouble with throughout the year. Even though we …

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#TechTakeout Delivers to Crestview!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

The Tech Takeout crew is continuing our 5 Schools, 5 Days week long extravaganza of fun! Today was day two and it was a blast! We headed over to Crestview Elementary and focused on fractions in third grade. Opening Activity: It is that time of year….REVIEW TIME! I know many of you have been using …

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2nd Grade Fraction Movies in Pixie

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Matt Caratachea

I worked with Ms. Hanks’ second graders at Dumbarton this week.  We used Pixie to work with fractions, and the kids had a blast.  I had the students write a fraction, represent it using the stickers in Pixie, and then they recorded their voices over the slide.  We did the first one together just so they …

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