Materials for Fraction Workshop
(Under Construction)
Cuisenaire Rods. Or rectangular strips of construction paper cut into increments of 1 cm. from white (white or neutral color (1cm.), red (2cm), lt green(3cm), maroon (4cm.), yellow (5cm), dk green (6cm.), black (7cm.), brown (8cm), blue (9cm.), orange (10cm). An additional strip made from construction paper measuring 12 cm. long.
Beans, Dried white beans painted a dark color on one side
Construction paper circles, all one size cut into fractional parts. Cut more than one circle for each denomination, e.g., three circles cut into 1/8's; three circles cut into 1/4's, three circles cut into 1/3's, etc.
Construction paper circles of more than one size, cut into fractional parts. Illustrates the similarity of given parts. !/4 of a small circle looks similar to 1/4 of a large circle.
Construction paper rectangles of different colors but the same size.
Egg cartons both for one dozen and one and one-half dozen eggs.