Hello! Wow! This is bringing back so many memories!!!!! So long story short, I am bringing back SLANTboxes due to some overwhelming dang demand for them. I am NOT about to pay for hosting a site again so free blogger it is! WELCOME BACK! LOL, there are some super old blogs that I am very embarrassed off, but whatever. So here we go. Yes, sign-ups have opened. *Please remember if these dates do not work for you, just wait till they do. No one likes to not get a gift. If you can not fully commit please do not sign up.* I will be closing them on SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th so that I can make matches on TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th when Theodore and Franklin have daycare. You will have until SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th to let me know if you have not heard a response from your partner. I will do re-matches on TUESDAY, AUGUST 16th if needed. You will chat with your partner and send EACHOTHER (small change from when we used to do it and you had two partners...I d...
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Fraction Approximation - Visualizing fractions on a number line in the classroom
I would like to tell you a little (maybe a long) story about how we do this in our classroom . I started out the lesson by drawing a random line on the board ( I really didn't measure it until we started the conversation). As we chatted, we talked about how much "space" the line took up, and the students decided that I needed to call that " distance ." Then, we went on to talk about how we could choose where to mark our fractions on a number line. For example, the students told me that we either needed to "find the middle" or divide the line in half to find where half should be placed. At this point, I pulled out a tape measure and measured the line 39 inches (inside, I was ecstatic that it was only going to be divisible by 3!) You may notice what I am telling you now is also written on the whiteboard in th...