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-Dominoes
-Pattern Blocks

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5 Favorite Fraction Manipulatives and Easy Ways to Use Them - Teaching with Jillian Starr

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Students NEED concrete, hands-on activities to learn fractions. Here are my top 5 fraction manipulatives to support ALL students to succeed.

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-Dominoes

First, students grab two dominoes

Next, students create a fraction bar model (or a number line in a different version) of each fraction

Then, students examine their representations and decipher which fraction is greater

Finally, students translate the domino fractions into number form and use symbols to show greater than, less than, or equal.

-Pattern Blocks

Pattern blocks help students construct this understanding. The whole of a hexagon can take shape (no pun intended) in many ways.

Two halves (two red trapezoids)

Six-sixths (six green triangles)

Three-thirds (three blue diamonds)

A variety of combinations of these three blocks

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Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards for Mathematics Scaffolding Document Grade 4, 2 September 2016, https://www.mdek12.org/sites/default/files/Offices/Secondary%20Ed/ELA/ccr/Math/04.Grade-4-Math-Scaffolding-Doc.pdf. Accessed 8 October 2023.

Starr, Jillian. “5 Favorite Fraction Manipulatives and Easy Ways to Use Them - Teaching with Jillian Starr.” Jillian Starr, 22 January 2023, https://jillianstarrteaching.com/fraction-manipulatives/. Accessed 8 October 2023.

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-Dominoes

Written numerically, a fraction is represented by a numerator on top and a denominator on the bottom.  A line divides those two numbers. Flip a domino vertically and it becomes a visual representation of a fraction. These are great manipulatives because they give you access to a library of fraction examples! This can be really helpful when you want to cut out the prep work of making fraction cards (which inevitably get ruined). Instead, swap them out for dominoes.

-Pattern Blocks

Pattern blocks are a wonderful fraction manipulative for exploring how fractions change when the whole changes. For example, if the hexagon is the whole, then a triangle equals one-sixth. However, if the trapezoid is the whole, then a triangle is one-third. Similarly, if the rhombus is a whole, then a triangle is one-half.

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Grade Level and MS College and Career Readiness Standard

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Grade Level and MS College and Career Readiness Standard

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Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.