Using word problems can be a good way to help students practice working with fractions. In this learning exercise on fractions, students solve problems involving real-life examples. This learning exercise is part of the Houghton Mifflin...

In this sixths worksheet, students model 8 fractions by coloring or shading the fractions with the denominator 6. Students can color similar fractions in different ways.

Students investigate ratios of various objects.  In this ratios of various objects lesson, students draw pictures on graph paper and then dilate or shrink the image.  Students determine the ratio of their pictures. ...

In this interactive spelling lesson, learners participate in a multi-modality activity that involves wall words. Half of the students are assigned the vowels and the other half is assigned to stand up for the consonants.

In this math worksheet, students examine 6 geometric figures and a fraction for each. Students divide the shape and shade the correct number of parts to illustrate the fraction.

Using problem stories that are meant for St. Patrick's day, your class will determine what fraction of shamrocks had four leaves and what fraction of pistachio pudding remains after people have been served.

If students don't finish their whole lunch one day, a fraction of it will remain. On a second day, if they don't finish their lunch, another fraction will remain. What is the sum of those fractions?

For this beginning fractions worksheet, students follow the directions that accompany each question in order to divide shapes into fractional parts, shade them, and reveal the fractional part that is not shaded.

In this symmetry instructional activity, students explore the idea of a shape being symmetrical. Students look at half a house on a piece of graph paper and visualize the other half exactly the same.

Third graders examine fractions by descriptively writing about them. In this number sense lesson, 3rd graders read number sentences and compare fractions based on their size. Students explain fractions to a friend by writing a friendly...

Students fold three types of paper into fourths (black construction paper, glossy white paper and white construction paper). They make predictions about which mixture make the best snow crystal picture.

Third graders observe and investigate wave properties and compare the properties of particles and waves. They fill a pie pan half full with water, place a toothpick in the center of the pie pan, then drop a marble into the pan and...

Students review a list of important inventions from the last century and a half. They order the top ten inventions with an explanation accompanying their choices and then write a report on a selected invention.

Students calculate the area of regular and irregular polygons by counting the number of whole an half squares within the polygon. They determine the formula for regular polygons and label the area in square units.

Third graders review number placement by identifying hundreds, tens and ones place in a series of numbers. Using play money, they write numbers in expanded form. They complete a worksheet review on writing fractional parts and review...

Students create Easter bunny baskets using cardboard half-gallon milk or juice containers, cotton balls, felt, pipe cleaners, and basic art supplies in this holiday Art lesson plan for the K-8 classroom. This can be adapted and made...

Students utilize the interactive spinner and write down the probability of each color in reduced fraction form in the "Experimental Results" column, labeling each color and its corresponding probability in the same order as in the...

Students identify a penny, nickel, dime, quarter and a half dollar. They examine the value of each coin and its equivalents (to quarter/dollar). After pairing up with a classmate, each one drills the other one on each coin.

Young scholars discuss "mime" before playing a game in which they make the body movement and gestures of a large animal while a classmate guesses what they are imitating. Next, they design and make masks of an animal face while studying...

In this electricity report worksheet students fold a paper into fourths. One part is the provided title page, the others are for writing facts on electricity.

For this reading and recording time worksheet, students will cut out and match 48 unit of time flashcards. Then students will match 15 date and time facts cards with their missing half.

In this time learning exercise, students draw the hands on the analog clock while the digital time is given to them. Students complete 12 problems to the half hour.

For this elementary math worksheets, students write the correct numerator that corresponds to the number of boxes colored in fraction model. They complete 8 problems.

In this elementary instructional activity, students place a number in either the numerator or denominator of a fraction to make it equivalent to the given one.