https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv Complete this assignment by May 1st. Please include your name , school, and grade level at the top of your post. Then number your responses to the following questions. 1. What information presented in the "Classroom Scenario," "What's the Math?," and "What's the Research?" sections was familiar to you or similar to your experience with students? 2. What information presented in these three sections was new or surprising to you? 3. Which of the Classroom Activities (Act. 7.1: Fractions in the Real World, Activity 7.2: Exploring Fraction Representation, Activity 7.2 Extension: Fraction Representation Problems) do you plan to implement with your students? en-us 2018-04-18 20:08:02 UTC 2018-05-31 01:52:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262170943 Wendy Latta 4th BES

1. "The notorious pizza....It makes me cringe every time I see it.  They always draw a circle to compare things and can never draw two equivalent ones so it's always problematic. 
2. The Rational Numbers Project curriculum might be useful information as I continue to develop my teaching of fractions.  
3. I am planning on doing the activity on 7-2 with measure as this is a skill that my kids already seem to struggle with.  



]]> 2018-05-20 12:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262170943 vickifouts https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262195835 1. Students always go for the pizza. Many struggle to understand the difference between set model and area model.
2. I am looking forward to learning more about the Rational Numbers Project curriculum.
3. I am planning to use Act. 7.1 Fractions in the Real World with my third graders.]]> 2018-05-20 17:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262195835 https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262335413 1. I, like the others, see my students gravitate towards drawing circles for fractions.  I make sure when I'm drawing the pictures, I draw a rectangle or number line.  I always encourage students NOT to draw the circle!  
2. I would like to know more about the RNP curriculum.  Since it states that 4th and 5th grade students exposed to the RNP performed better, I wonder why we don't try it! :)
3. I will be using the Fractions in the Real World (Act. 7.1) with my fourth graders. I think this will help them better understand and "see" what the fractions are representing. ]]> 2018-05-21 12:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262335413 https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262344301  1. The circles!! They always want to draw circles and I encourage them to draw rectangles (also to draw their rectangles one on top of the other and label the fraction on the side so they can quickly see the comparing)
 2. Honestly, it was surprising to see 5th graders still drawing circles! I would like to see more of the RNP curriculum, and it reminds me a lot of the CPA framework that we have been discussing.
3. I love the activity about fractions in the real world! If students can see how to apply their knowledge and where it comes up in real life, they can better grasp a "why" to their learning.]]> 2018-05-21 13:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262344301 https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262520476 1. I have noticed several of my students drawing circles, also. I encourage my students draw double-decker rectangles. I encourage my students not to draw separate shapes. 
2. I would like learn more about the RNP curriculum. 
3. I love the real world activity and feel this might help students to understand the why of fractions a little bit better. ]]> 2018-05-21 22:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262520476 jordanlester https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262640633 1. I have always encouraged my students to draw a picture of what's going on in order to help them figure out what they need to do. I can certainly identify with Ms. Chu in that my students draw pizzas and have trouble with proportions. Especially the one's who tend to struggle with fractions. 
2. I would like to explore RNP method more. 
3. The real world fraction activity would be my most favorite because I think it would greatly help my students thinking about fractions in their everyday lives. ]]> 2018-05-22 11:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262640633 https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262689624 1. With fractions, I try and expose and change how I present a fraction, either a number line, area model, or a set model. With comparing fractions, my students also struggle when drawing two separate shapes. I encourage them to do a double decker rectangle or number line to solve!
2. I would like to learn more about the RNP curriculum and how it could be implemented in 3rd.
3. I would like to do the 7.2 activity, Fractions in the Real World, to help my students understand that fractions are all around us, not just with math manipulatives, number lines, or drawing a picture. I think this would help them understand what a fraction is, and why its important to understand them]]> 2018-05-22 13:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262689624 claireroehl https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262697670 1. When we first started fractions, my kids always wanted to draw circles to compare. They struggled in second grade with partitioning a circle into equal thirds and a lot of them still struggle with that now. I've really encouraged them ro draw the rectangles instead so that they could "stack" them on top of each other and visually see which fraction was greater/smaller, something they aren't able to do with circles. We also practice a lot with number lines and finding equivalent fractions that way too.
2. Similar to everyone else, I would really like to know more about the RNP curriculum. I see so many kids who rely on the procedural approach and they tend to be the ones who struggle the most!
3. I think the activity I would like to implement most is 7.1 Fractions in the Real World. I think it would really help my students in seeing that fractions are everywhere - money, baking, football games, etc!]]> 2018-05-22 14:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/262697670 https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/264667600 1. This has always been a conundrum to me, figuring out when to draw a circle or rectangle, but I was approaching it all wrong. I should have been representing the fraction in a variety of ways, from time to models to number lines, etc.  Area models cause issues as you increase the number in the denominator.
2. I learned that I should continue to build context of fractions as a part whole relationship regardless of the fraction.
3. I want to definitely do the 7.1 activity with my class to push them to create multiple representations of fractional relationships. ]]> 2018-05-31 01:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/crystalwilliams1/rjj45v2agygv/wish/264667600