A fraction feast

Lara Kikosicki; Debbie Prekeges

doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.19.3.0144

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A fraction feast

Author: Lara Kikosicki and Debbie Prekeges

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 19: Issue 3

Page(s):: 144–145

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.3.0144

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Teacher:Early Career, Grades 3-5, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Grades 6-8, Sixth, Grades PK-2, First, Second, Math Topic, Algebra, Algebraic Thinking/Pre-algebra Concepts, Algebraic Thinking, Geometry, Number, Number & Operations—Fractions, Number Sets and Systems, Other Topic, Problem Solving

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.4a; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3c; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3d; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3a; CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.3; CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.C.7b; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3d; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3c; CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.3; CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.3

Family time in the kitchen can lead to opportunities to explore fractions in real-life circumstances and tap into children's engagement in the harvest season. You might supplement the October problems by setting up a time for your students to talk with a professional chef or event planner about how they use fractions in their jobs.

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^*Lara Kikosicki and Debbie Prekeges are teachers from cobblestone elementary school in rocklin, california. They are both participants in a camsp grant success and math leaders in their district.

Edited by christine D. Poulsen, cpoulsen@placercoe.k12.ca.us, and kimberlym Lilienthal, klilienthal@placercoe.k12.ca.us. Poulsen is a math grant coordinator for the placer county office of education and a project director for camsp math grant success in auburn, california. Lilienthal is a project director for camsp rims and an academic math coach for rims for the placer county office of education. E-mail problem collections for the editors to consider for future math by the month columns. See detailed submission guidelines at www.nctm.org/tcmdepartments. E-mail creative solutions and adapted problems to tcm@nctm.org for potential publication, noting readers exchange in the subject line.

(Corresponding author is Poulsen cpoulsen@placercoe.k12.ca.us)

(Corresponding author is Lilienthal klilienthal@placercoe.k12.ca.us)

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Article Category:: Research Article

Print Publication Date:: 01 Oct 2012

Online Publication Date:: Oct 2012

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