Computers:
Online there are many educational games. There are many games relating too fractions that the children can play on the computers. Children really enjoy learning this way and it could be incoporated into teachering through having small group rotations and making a computer game one of the rotations.
The link below is a fun and simple matching fractions game. To reach standard 2 in VELS children must have a concept of simple fraction and the below game is about simple fractions. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/memory_fractions1.htm
Below is another interactive game that reinforces and allows the children to practise simple fractions. It is interactive and it a game where pizzas are used to practise fractions. There the game is fun and relates to the childrens lives. http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/question1.htm
Smartboards:
Smartboards are very useful in the classroom and should be thoughly used. Below there is a link relating to using smartboards in teaching simple fractions. Teaching can get a lot of ideas from this site about using smartboards in the classroom when teaching fractions. http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2010/03/smartboards-and-fraction-interaction.html Other Teacher Resources:
There are many things that teachers can use in helping them efficiently teach. Fractions is a topic that a lot of children struggle with so therefore it is very important that teachers make it clear to the students. For students to reach VELS standard 2 children must know what fractions are and simple fractions. Below that is a link which takes you to a tutorial about fractions. It goes through the concept of part of a whole and talks about fractions clearly. This could be used in teaching fractions to review what a fraction is. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/fracTut1.htm
Online there are many educational games. There are many games relating too fractions that the children can play on the computers. Children really enjoy learning this way and it could be incoporated into teachering through having small group rotations and making a computer game one of the rotations.
The link below is a fun and simple matching fractions game. To reach standard 2 in VELS children must have a concept of simple fraction and the below game is about simple fractions.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/memory_fractions1.htm
Below is another interactive game that reinforces and allows the children to practise simple fractions. It is interactive and it a game where pizzas are used to practise fractions. There the game is fun and relates to the childrens lives.
http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/question1.htm
Smartboards:
Smartboards are very useful in the classroom and should be thoughly used. Below there is a link relating to using smartboards in teaching simple fractions. Teaching can get a lot of ideas from this site about using smartboards in the classroom when teaching fractions.
http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2010/03/smartboards-and-fraction-interaction.html
Other Teacher Resources:
There are many things that teachers can use in helping them efficiently teach. Fractions is a topic that a lot of children struggle with so therefore it is very important that teachers make it clear to the students. For students to reach VELS standard 2 children must know what fractions are and simple fractions. Below that is a link which takes you to a tutorial about fractions. It goes through the concept of part of a whole and talks about fractions clearly. This could be used in teaching fractions to review what a fraction is.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/fracTut1.htm