Exploring a New Topic

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Friday the students were asked to explore our next unit which is FRACTIONS!  In Math 7 they explored and worked with adding and subtracting fractions and in Math 8 we explore multiplying and dividing.  We first reviewed common fraction terms such as: improper fraction, mixed numbers, numerator, denominator, factors and multiples.  Then they were set free to find resources that supported all four operations with fractions.  Here are some of the websites that they found:

http://jamit.com.au/fraction-games.htm This site offers a variety of games that range from introductory fraction information to all four operations.

http://www.visualfractions.com/FindGrampy/findgrampy.html This site is hilarious!  There is are Grammy and Grampy characters that you must work with involving fractions.  You have to find Grampy and also feed him cookies!  It is also at an introductory level so it would be great to use at the end of the fraction unit in Math 7 or review for Math 8.

Here is TJ's blog and her in-depth explanation of our common math terminology.  She did an excellent job reviewing for us!