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Play Snow Sprint Fractions at Math Playground! Multiply fractions to power your snowmobile.

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Mental Math - add and subtract fractions
Problem Solving - identify equivalent fractions

Common Core Connection for Grades 3 and 4

Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3.
Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators.
Adding and subtracting parts of the same whole.

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Play Speedway Fractions at Math Playground! Add and subtract fractions to power your racecar.

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Match Fractions Decimals and Percentages

Match the equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. Alternatively, you can choose to convert between just fractions and decimals, or between fractions and percentages or decimals and percentages. Diagrams to show equivalence can be turned on or off.
For more resources involving fractions and decimals click here.

Scan to open this game on a mobile device. Right-click to copy and paste it onto a homework sheet.

Game Objectives

New Maths Curriculum:
Year 5: Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places Year 5: Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5, 4/5 and those with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25. Year 6: Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts.
Primary Framework:
Year 4: Recognise the equivalence between decimal and fraction forms of one half, quarters, tenths and hundredths (Block E) Year 5: Express a smaller whole number as a fraction of a larger one (e.g. recognise that 5 out of 8 is 5/8); find equivalent fractions (e.g. 7/10 = 14/20, or 19/10 = 19/10); relate fractions to their decimal representations Year 6: Express one quantity as a percentage of another find equivalent percentages, decimals and fractions (Block E)

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Match Fractions Decimals and Percentages

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Explore, play and learn with Santa's elves all December long

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Christmas Elf Name Generator

Welcome to YourElfName.com - The place where you can generate your very own elf name and then make your lookalike elf character. Your elf name is based on your first and last name and there are over 90,000 possibilities of what it could be. Your elf name won't change and is computed based on each letter of your name making this the most advanced elf generator on the internet.

1. Make your elf name

Type in your first and last name to our Christmas elf name generator. That's all we need and don't worry; this data will not be shared with anyone, but we do reserve the right to show your elf name on our ' Recently Named Elves' page.

2. Make your elf character avatar

Once you've created your elf name it's time to make your elf character. Head over to the Elf Character Builder and customise your elf to look like you using our simple elf builder tool. Once you're happy with how things look click the 'Generate social profile pic' button to create your elf avatar which can be used on social media platforms.

3. Start using your elf profile pic!

We invite you to use your new elf avatar image on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter throughout the months of November & December allowing all your friends/followers to appreciate your elf name, look and love for Christmas.

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Elf Name Generator | What's Your Elf Name? | Christmas Elf Name Maker

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Create your very own elf name using our unique elf name generator tool. With over 96,000 possibilities what will your elf name be?

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Free fun maths games can help children's understanding of fractions and decimals. They cover a range of skills from identifying basic fractions of shapes and numbers of objects to ordering fractions and converting fractions to decimals or percentages. There are also games involving finding equivalences and cancelling down.

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Free maths games involving fractions and decimals for 7-11 year old children.

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When the shops are full of Christmas decorations you know it will soon be Christmas. But Christmas isn't just about Santa Claus and gifts under the tree. Find out the facts about Christmas and its traditions, and have some fun with our Christmas activities too.

Find out why Christians celebrate Christmas and the timeline of the Christmas period from Advent to Epiphany.

Learn more about Christmas

Find out all about Santa Claus, his reindeer and elves. If you've been good, don't forget to leave him a mince pie on Christmas Eve.

Learn about Santa Claus

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When the shops are full of Christmas decorations you know it will soon be Christmas. But Christmas isn't just about Santa Claus and gifts under the tree. Find out the facts about Christmas and its traditions, and have some fun with our Christmas activities too.

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I've always found shading to be the quickest way to add realism and depth to my drawings, be it portraits, concept sketches or even a quick doodle.

In this tutorial, I want to share with you 4 simple shading techniques that can help you achieve realistic textures and effects that will enhance your drawings and bring them to the next level.

By the way, this tutorial is also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGx4sypoPjY

Table of Contents:
4 Shading Techniques and How to Use Them
Combine Shading Techniques
Practice Shading Techniques

These techniques may look super simple, but that's the beauty of it. Let's see how they can be applied and how they can transform a drawing :)

Hatching

This is done by drawing lines that run in parallel or side-by-side. Since the lines are uniformly patterned, it works very well for shading things like wood grain, brushed metals and fingernails, just to name a few. A sharp pencil works great for conveying metallic textures, while a blunt pencil can help you achieve smoother strokes that will also be more easy to blend.

Be careful when using this shading technique on round objects. If the strokes are not blended together well enough, it can make a round drawing appear flat. Here's an example:

The straight lines take away from the drawing, making the viewer perceive the object as flat, instead of 3D.

Cross Hatching

This is where you draw lines that cross right through each other. They can go in any direction.

It's great for creating textures such as certain fabrics (predictable patterns) or even fine lines on the skin (random patterns).

Circulism

This shading technique consists of many overlapping circular shapes. I use it frequently to shade realistic skin. It works well for conveying soft or fuzzy surfaces. The more you overlap the circles, the smoother the texture.

The tricky part is trying to control pencil pressure so each circle is similar in value.

Contour Shading

This is where you create lines that follow the shape of the subject you're trying to represent. Contour lines can go in any direction.

They're great for shading things that already display lines running along the surface, no matter how subtle. For example apples, onions, and lips. In this example, the lines also double as lip wrinkles too.

For each shading technique, the more densely you shade, the smoother the shading will appear, and the harder you press down on your pencil, the darker your shading will appear, allowing you to achieve a sense of visual depth.

All of these shading techniques can be used in combination wherever you see fit. I used all 4 to shade this wrinkly hand. The combination of these techniques helped me achieve various textures commonly seen in wrinkled skin.

Starting with just the outline of a hand, I applied circulism as a base layer to give it a consistent texture all throughout - A texture that resembles subtle fine lines on the skin.

Hatching and contouring were used to show stretched skin that wraps around/across the shape of the hand.

Hatching also works very well for shading nails, as mentioned earlier. Especially nails that have prominent stripey patterns.

Cross-hatching was used very minimally to create realistic wrinkle patterns around the knuckles where the skin is thick. I varied my pressure to make some lines darker than others just to make it look more random and realistic.

You don't have to stick to these 4 shading techniques exclusively because there are many others you can use, or just make up your own to create the texture and look that you want for your drawing. Here are a few examples:

Here are some fun exercises you can do to practice. I've attached a free printout at the bottom of this article for you to use.

Exercise #1:

Draw a row of squares or rectangles and shade them from left to right using your shading technique of choice. Remember that the more pressure you apply, the darker your shading will be and the more densely you shade, the smoother it'll be.

Exercise #2:

Sketch a variety of common objects and shade them in using shading techniques that best describe the texture.

For example, I want to shade the toy horse above so it looks wooden. The hatching technique looks similar to wood grain, especially the lines vary in darkness:

The burlap sack below is made of thickly weaved material. Cross-hatching would work for this one, but I wanna make the bag appear more 3D, so I'm using a combination of cross-hatching and contouring called cross-contouring. In shadow areas, I apply more pressure on the pencil, creating darker lines.

Teddy bears are usually soft and fuzzy. Do you remember which of the 4 shading techniques creates a soft and fuzzy texture?

If you guessed circulism, you're right!

The more circles I draw, the softer the texture becomes...

To make your shading look even softer, use a blunt pencil and/or blend the shading out with a blending tool such as a tissue, for example. Feel free to experiment with a different shading technique to see how it changes the look and feel of your subject!

You can combine shading techniques or make up your very own:

Here are a few objects you can use for practice. For each one, sketch it out and choose one or several shading techniques that will best describe the texture. For example, the wooden toy could be a mixture of hatching, contouring, and dashes.

Click here to download the image above (link will open in a new tab).

The texture that you choose to give each object is completely up to you. Stretch your creative muscles and have some fun with it! Feel free to shade outside of the lines or get rid of the outlines altogether.

You can practice with the shading techniques introduced in this tutorial, or create your very own :)

I hope you found this tutorial helpful. If you liked it, please share it and leave a comment down below! Let me know if you have any suggestions for future tutorials!

To view this tutorial in more depth, please watch the full narrated video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGx4sypoPjY

To learn more shading basics, please visit: How to Shade for Complete Beginners.

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Christmas for kids recipes | BBC Good Food

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Have some festive fun and make our Christmas recipes for kids, this selection of easy biscuits, cakes and treats that can be made by the smallest of hands

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New English-Irish Dictionary from Foras na Gaeilge

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Christmas Games and Activities - Topmarks Education

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