Last week I taught adding and subtracting fractions on a number line. I decided to just use painters tape as my number line so I did not have to keep redrawing lines over and over again! When I started writing on the table instead of dry erase boards, it really got the kids attention!
Here I showed how to read a number line and how to add and subtracting using a number line. I extending the activity for some groups by making them represent their answer as unit fractions and then as a multiplication sentence (multiplying a whole number by a fraction).
I also have task cards that I use to practice this skill! You can get them and all my other cards at my
TpT store! I also have task cards for
adding and subtracting mixed numbers!! All of these include 20 task cards, worksheets and coloring pages. A total of 50 questions in each set.
Don't be afraid to get your desks dirty!! The kids love it and it is so much easier that getting out all the dry erase boards!! Even better...you
don't have to
BUY dry erase boards!!!
FYI---dry erase board cleaner gets all the marks off best once you are done!
