Workshop Materials/Handouts/Links
Workshop presenter: Jim Olsen, Western Illinois University
Monmouth, IL (WMH R.O.E.) teacher in-service workshop (10/19/2012) handout.
Adkinson, IL (BHS R.O.E.) teacher in-service workshop (9/21/2012) handout.
Moline, IL (RI
R.O.E.) teacher in-service workshop (1/24/2013) handout.
Macomb, IL (H-M
R.O.E.) teacher in-service workshop (1/30/2013) handout.
Quincy, IL (A-P
R.O.E.) teacher in-service workshop (4/11/2013) handout.
My main Common Core page is here.
Number Line Generator - great tool for making custom number lines (for use on worksheets, SmartBoard, web, assessments, etc.). Also, here is a Word doc with a few number lines which can be copied and pasted. 4NumberLines document.
Comments on 3-5 Fractions Progression (and extending into 6th and 7th grades)
Show-It Sheet - this is a Word document for students to record a Problem, Operation and Meaning, Model, Sentence, and the Answer to the problem.
Video - My fellow fractions !! Passionate activist rises up and demands equity for all numbers, including fractions and decimals. (number line ;-)
Learnist Boards
Games
Triplets and Thinking Blocks Ratios - two examples from Math Playground - click Common Core State Standards for Mathematics - Grades 1 to 6 and then the grade level.
Math Snacks Pearl Diver - dive for pearls on the number line. Fractions start on about level 3.
Calculation Nation - from NCTM. Click Drop Zone.
Online Math Games, Demonstration/Exploration Tools, and Puzzles
(See also, nlvm.usu.edu/.)
216 Fraction Word Problems
Navigating the Landscape of Fraction, Decimal, and Percent Problems - scroll down and click to download the files.
SmartBoard notebook file - some early fraction concepts (following the progressions document)