Post 6: Fraction Games

 This week was February Break so we did not have school. I took this time to look into some math games involving fractions! The students have been working really hard with their fractions and I've noticed most of the work my cooperating teacher has been assigning them has been worksheets or pages in their workbooks. I wanted to see if I could find some online fractions games that would not only be fun, but helpful and relevant to what they are learning. 

The website Splash Learning has tons of games for many mathematical concepts for all grade levels. For 4th grade, I enjoyed the game where students have to match the fraction to the model shown. A pie chart or square model will be shown that illustrates a certain fraction. Students must then click on a jellyfish that shows the corresponding fraction. Although this may be a simple task, I still think it is important for students to get practice visualizing fractions. You can check out this game here: https://www.splashlearn.com/fraction-games 

On the website Turtle Diary, I found a game called Mixed Fraction Maze. In this game, you play as a scorpion. There are 2 beetles, each representing a specific improper fraction. You are then given a mixed number. You must eat the beetle that represents that mixed number as an improper fraction. I feel this would be really helpful for my students since I know a few of them still struggle with converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa. I think this would be a fun way to review. You can check out this game here https://www.turtlediary.com/game/mixed-numbers-into-improper-fractions.html

Comments

  1. Jackie BauerMarch 2, 2022 at 9:07 AM

    Hey Kelly,

    I have recently been introduced to splash learning myself and I find it to be a great resource. There are so many games for the students to play that are fun, interactive, and most importantly productive! I love the resource you added of the website turtle diary. I have never heard of it before but I definitely plan to use it in the future. The idea of the mixed fraction maze is similar to what I am creating for my concept game so that is a useful resource for me to get some ideas from!

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