Fraction Talks

Curated by @NatBanting. Triggering rational discussions. Tweet your ideas / inspirations or submit through the site. #fractiontalks

[Fraction Talks @FractionTalks]

The new https://t.co/4hjm1MgbVY is here!

-Images organized into 6 galleries for easier viewing.
-Click images to enlarge for classroom use.
-Suggestions to get started under “How to”.
-See how others have used #FractionTalks under “In the classroom”.
-Easier to submit YOUR work!

[Kit Luce 🎲🏳‍🌈👩👩‍🏫 @kitluce1]

@FractionTalks Great news thanks

[Nat Banting @NatBanting]

Looks like @FractionTalks was offline for a bit after some site updates.

All good now (it seems)

https://t.co/CFRxzvJmGz

[Fraction Talks @FractionTalks]

@kitluce1 Nope!

It was parked after we did some updates on it last month—not on purpose.

Should be all good now.

[Jordan Rappaport @JRappaport27]

I’ve added the learning journal to guide students as they capture their learning.
@pgliljedahl @MathforLove @MrValencia24 @KirstDy @davidporas @davidpetro314 @pamseda1 @FractionTalks @BurdessAlicia @mic_epstein @shskaercher @d_martin05 @Trianglemancsd
https://t.co/28vLVtjj4S

[Erika Swinemer @ESwinemer]

How many ways can you show one quarter? Gr 7 Ss @LeslieThomasSch used a fraction square to shade 1/4 as many different ways as they could. One question that led to lots of rich conversations. #HRCEMath @FractionTalks

[Nat Banting @NatBanting]

cc. @FractionTalks

Loads more images and ideas for classroom prompts at https://t.co/2v759bVD8k

#MTBoS #iteachmath

[John Rowe 👨🏽‍🚀 @MrJohnRowe]

Or this one ft. @FractionTalks

[Joseph Manfre @MathManfre]

I’m using this one today in my summer school class, @BerkeleyEverett! It’s a perfect progression from the @FractionTalks we used on Monday (shown below).

[Jenna Laib @jennalaib]

@fawnpnguyen @BerkeleyEverett @Simon_Gregg I do love having kids create!

I will also say that I tend to use this as a number talk/@FractionTalks pretty early on in the Gr 4 fraction work, and it really brings out some important ideas around unit fractions and equivalence. But a different purpose than your original tweet!

[Nat Banting @NatBanting]

.@Fractiontalks

#fractiontalks

Hundreds of options where that came from.

[Simon Gregg @Simon_Gregg]

Looking up at this roof...
Could be another image to ask
How many?
#unitchat

[Pierre Tranchemontagne @Pierre_Tranche]

Looks like a natural @FractionTalks image to me

[JoAnn Sandford @joann_sandford]

@MarieMcMB @FractionTalks is literally my next stop after the physical tangrams. So great for reasoning! ...and yes, some students want a strategy that works every time. I like hearing all strategies and comparing, noticing, generalizing...😍

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[Math for Love @MathforLove]

You can use any other blocks you want, as long as your triangle includes those three.

Incidentally, these blocks are on a pretty great sale on Amazon right now!

https://t.co/RCp1fATImb

[Math for Love @MathforLove]

Here's an interesting #UpscalePB challenge I just stumbled across:

what's the minimum number of blocks it takes to make a triangle using all three sizes of triangle block?

Here's a polypad version of the problem
@MathigonOrg #iteachmath #mtbos

https://t.co/lW2FDuonpj

[Fraction Talks @FractionTalks]

@SPFurman17 Love!

I usually do something similar!

[Fraction Talks @FractionTalks]

Question(s) for the #fractiontalks community:

When you started using the images, what big questions did you have?

What do you know now that would help someone starting out?

What “pro-tips” do you have to share?

#MTBoS #iteachmath #fractiontalk

[Fraction Talks @FractionTalks]

@SPFurman17 This is all helpful.

How do you structure the prompt?
Individual think time?
In groups?

Do you have a set structure?