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February 22, 2018

Adding up the Importance Aim: By the End of


the Year Students
of Math Will …
Represent Situations through
proportional
relationships so that
they can apply them
to real-world
applications
Understand Rational

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numbers using
page basic operation
properties

Solve Numerical and


algebraic
expressions and
equations

Apply Angle measure,


area, surface area,
and volume to real-
life mathematical
problems

Infer Using random


sampling methods of
a population to draw
inferences and
compare with
probability models

Preparing Students for their Futures


“Mathematics is
one Math Application at a Time
not just another To Parents and/or Guardians: essential part integrated into a student’s
language… it is a learning experience. We find that both
language plus Middle school is a critical developmental
mathematics and technology apply across
logic. period for your children, especially in
the wide variety of disciplines that your
Mathematics is a terms of their learning. Setting students
students encounter. In our math class, we
tool for up for success starts here: the
will use interactive technology especially
reasoning.” foundational skills acquired during this
to enhance conceptual understanding of
stage will prepare them for future success
rational numbers through Motion Math:
-Richard Feynman in high school math classes and beyond.
Fractions! and the National Library of
In this rapidly advancing community,
Virtual Manipulatives.
instructional technology is now an
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Math Motion: Fractions


Math Motion: Fractions is an iPad much more engaging and interactive

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application (review game!) in which way for each individual student to
students lean the iPad sideways in order gauge his/her understanding of this
to correctly identify a fraction, decimal, topic! Since there are three difficulty
percentage, etc. along a number line. levels and players are not penalized for
The fractions can be represented as incorrectly bouncing the rational
reduced or not, as a part of a circle, or number, but rather, are guided with
compared to 1/2. As you pass each hints towards the correct answer,
level, rational numbers are presented in students with a basic understanding
a new, fun way, gaining stars and points (who could use the “easy” level) will activities and would excite all

for it! The app gives you immediate not feel frustrated by the game. For a students – everyone loves a game –

feedback if you “bounce” on the challenge in the later levels, the and it’s educational! All of the visuals,

incorrect part of the line, guiding you number line gets “flipped” so that it from the numbers to the number line

with arrows, lines, or examples of other reads -1 to 0. From this, the application to the backgrounds, are appealing
fractions along the number line. It also can reach all learners at different and clear. It is very clean without

prompts the player with “Is the fraction ability levels! distractions so students can stay

__ less or equal or more than ½?” Even focused on the task at hand (and
The educational approach of the game
your point total is shown in rational form! they’ll be even more focused on it
is sound in that you can cater the
because it’s fun!).
This would certainly be more geared difficulty to the students’ ability levels.
towards students that have previously It is not comprehensive of all rational This application will be a great way
gained a conceptual understanding of numbers but could be used as a station to review rational numbers in class
rational numbers before playing. It is a in the classroom during review with greater student engagement!

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National Library of Virtual


Manipulatives
This website provides virtual their individual weaknesses through
manipulatives, technological models the clearly labeled selection of
based on existing manipulatives that concepts. Etiam eu ipsum.
we have seen in the classroom, such as
For example, I have found some
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base ten blocks, spinners, rulers, final whole, as shown below. It
manipulatives that would support student
fraction bars, or tangrams. These is very simple, with clear
understanding of fractions, rational
activities support the Common Core instructions, and there is
numbers (a/b). Students themselves can
State Standard of Number & Operations immediate feedback for
change the number of equal pieces the
from PreK all the way up to high school, students. This is a really helpful
rectangular or circle (the student’s
so there are very clear learning discovery, exploratory, or
preference) to find equivalent fractions,
objectives for each grade level and study tool! Considering that
for instance. Clicking up the number of
varying levels of difficulty. With so concrete manipulatives help
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pieces until they find the smallest
many options, students certainly will with conceptual understanding,
number that works for both wholes is a
be able to access manipulatives that this makes sense to provide
great discovery that the denominator
will benefit their mathematical these visuals and activities that
must be the least common multiple of
conceptual understandings of topics in are age appropriate! Seeing the
these two numbers. Then, when adding
this number and operation category. part to whole concept in a
fractions, students see with this aid that
Students can work individually to build visual really enhances learning
you can only add fractions with the same
even stronger knowledge bases of of rational numbers.
denominator and in addition, students
their strengths but especially focus on
move the shaded pieces together into the

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