Hi CLASS!
On Thursday, May 7th, I introduced you to Fractions, using measurement. What I gave all of you were empty plastic cups. What did you do with them? Well, first I asked you, "If I ask you to fill your cup half full, can you just fill it to be precise?" What was the answer? No! You're correct. I then continued to ask, "Well how can we measure
the water?" Edmond answered, "Let's use a ruler to measure the cup
first!"
EXCELLENT IDEA!
So, as a class we first MEASURED the length of the cup (10 cm) and DIVIDED it by 2 (=5 cm). We then marked the 5cm point with a marker, and filled our cups to it.
YES! WE used MEASUREMENT!
Check out the following fun site for EXTRA practice:
http://www.linkstolearning.com/grade_3_fractions_preview.htm
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