Fractions

Today Ms. Strum introduced a new math skill to us. Ms. Strum told us that we would be learning about FRACTIONS to get ready for 3rd grade! We learned that a fraction names the part of a whole. Ms. Strum taught us that the top number(numerator) is the number of sections shaded or left over. Ms. Strum taught us that the bottom number(denominator) is the number of sections that the whole is divided into.

Johnathan hard at work on his candy fraction activity.

Ms. Strum told us that we were going to do an activity that would help us understand fractions. Ms. Strum gave each one of us a pack of fun size candy. We poured out our candy on a napkin. Ms. Strum told us to count the pieces of candy. The total pieces of candy is the bottom number of the fraction(denominator). We wrote this number on the sticky note. Ms. Strum told us to count how many purple pieces of candy were on our napkin. This number would be our top number(numerator). We would show our sticky note with our fraction to the class and explain how we came up with the fraction.

Tierra hard at work on her candy fraction activity.

We continued doing this fraction activity with each color of the candy. This was a fun way for us to learn about fractions! We are hard at work in our 2nd grade classroom getting ready for 3rd grade!