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Fun Fractions with M&Ms

1/22/2014

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Fun Fractions with M&Ms by The Teacher Treasury, LLC. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Materials Needed:
1 snack pack of M&M candies (per student)

My students ALWAYS love this lesson!

I've successfully completed this activity with 2nd, 4th and 5th grade classes. 

This activity can be done in 8+ Steps.

The provided steps include:

Step 1: Before you open your bag of M&M candies, guess the total number of M&Ms in the package.

Step 2: Open your package and count the total number of M&Ms.

Step 3: What fraction represents the number of each color candy in your pack?

Step 4: Answer the following questions:
1. Which color M&M represents the largest fraction? 
2. Which color M&M represents the smallest fraction? 

Step 5: Eat one of each color M&M.

Step 6: What fraction represents the number of each color candy in your pack?

Step 7: Answer the following questions:
3. If you give 2 red M&Ms to your teacher, what fraction of your remaining M&Ms will be RED?
4. Write the fraction that represents the number of M&Ms that are
NOT ORANGE?
5. Which color M&M represents the largest fraction? 
6. Which color M&M represents the smallest fraction? 

Step 8: Eat all of your M&Ms.

For 2nd graders and SPED classes, the directions were always read aloud and we completed the entire activity together step by step. 

With smaller 4th and 5th grade classes, I allowed students to complete the entire worksheet on their own as I would go around the room checking on their progress and understanding.

With larger classes, I would recommend having students pair up in groups of 2 to complete the assignment together. Each student should still receive their own pack of M&Ms and their own worksheet, but the following additional steps should be taken to ensure that all students understand the concept of fractions, numerators, denominators, etc. 

--> Before students begin, instruct them to STOP and put their pencils down after STEP 3. Once all (or the majority) of the students have completed STEP 3, call on various students and ask them the following questions:

1. What fraction of your M&Ms are (color)? How do you know?
2. Does that color represent the numerator or the denominator?
3. What is a numerator?
4. What does the denominator represent?
5. Which color M&M represents the largest fraction? How do you know? 
6. Which color M&M represents the smallest fraction? How do you know? (You could also ask another student: "Is he/she correct?"

Before allowing students to complete STEP 4, instruct them to answer the 2 question in STEP 4 and when finished do the following:

1. Put your pencil down, stand up and push in your chair
2. When both you and your partner have completed STEP 4 and are both standing with your chair pushed in, switch seats.
3. Sit down and DO NOT TOUCH your partner's M&Ms. 
4. Review their answers in STEP 3 AND STEP 4 by looking at their group of M&Ms
5. Circle any incorrect answers.
6. When both you and your partner are finished reviewing STEP 3 & 4, discuss your incorrect answers. If you disagree on a fraction, raise your hand and ask the teacher to review the work.
7. When you have finished reviewing the answers, put your pencils down, stand up and return to your seat to complete STEPS 5-7.

After students have completed STEP 7, they should repeat the review process after STEP 4.

Finally, they can all eat their M&Ms.

Hope this helps =)
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Scattergories: Creative Word Work Game for Kids

1/22/2014

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Word Work Game, 50+ pages, 3 Skill Levels and ink friendly options.

Categories Include:

Actors
Actresses
Adjectives
Animals
Athletes
Books
Boy Names
Cities 
Classroom Objects
Countries
Famous People
Girl Names
Household Objects
Important Men in History
Important Women in History
Inventions
Movies
Music Artists
Nouns
Occupations
People
Places
Songs
States
Things 
Verbs 

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Directions 
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Scattergories (Level – More Challenging)
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Ink Friendly Scattergories (Level – More Challenging)
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Ink Friendly Scattergories (Level – Less Challenging)
Blank Scattergories Categories
Ink Friendly Blank Scattergories Categories 

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This games is based on Scattergories by Hasbro. 

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All of my students loved this game! I used it as our routine activity between lessons for grades 2-5. Once students get the hang of it, one round game can take less than 5 minutes.

Once a student yells "SCATTERGORIES", I would make everyone put their pencil down and that person would have to stand up and reveal their answers in each category to confirm their win.

I would often reward winners with stickers, treats and small prizes.

You can also use this game to spark dialogue within the classroom. Ask other students to confirm the people, places, songs, movies, books, authors, etc. mentioned by their classmates. If few students know very much about the given responses, it's a great opportunity for the student who selected that answer to teach his/her classmates about that particular person, place, object etc. 

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Rainbow Writing Roll and Spell - Free, Re-usable Spelling Activity!!!

12/17/2013

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A great addition to your word work station! Get kids rolling and spelling their sight words with this freebie. Each roll of the die corresponds to a color. Have your kiddos write each word in a different color or write one word in several colors. When all the colors are used, kiddos read the word(s) 
for extra reinforcement.
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Long Vowel Roll! - Creative Dice Game for Reading

12/11/2013

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Very cute and creative reading game for students to play with partners or independently. 
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Directions: 
Students may play this game independently or with a partner. If playing in partners, print out 2 copies of the board you want students to work. That way each student in a pair has the same words. 

Player 1 rolls the dice first. He/she must read the words on in the row that corresponds with the number rolled. If read correctly, Player 1 may put a tally in the box beside that row. 

Play continues in this fashion with Player 2. 

The first player to have ten tallies beside a row of words 
on his/her game sheet is the winner! :o)

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