{"id":67978,"date":"2020-03-27T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=67978"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:15:10","slug":"fraction-number-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-4-6\/fraction-number-searches\/fraction-number-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraction Number Search One"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Fraction Number Searches<\/h5>\n<h2>Learning Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read, represent, and compare simple fractions<\/li>\n<li>Communicate mathematical thinking orally and visually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Challenge:<\/h2>\n<p>Discuss the following image with your child &#8211; what fractions do you see represented?<br \/>\nHow many different fractions can you find?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67813 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE.png 5068w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-165x91.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-1140x631.png 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-945x523.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/03\/Day-Two-Junior-Math-Activities-IMAGE-750x415.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example, \u201cI see that the light green part would be worth one-quarter of the whole shape\u201d or \u201cI see that the yellow rectangle is one-third of the light green rectangle.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Questions and Prompts to Support your Child:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Which part or fraction did you notice first? Why do you think that was?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know that colour represents that fraction?<\/li>\n<li>What is the largest fraction you see? What is the smallest?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extensions &amp; Adaptations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If having trouble seeing fractions, start with whole numbers &#8211; \u201cif each square is worth 1, what numbers do you see represented?\n<ul>\n<li>For example, \u201cThe yellow rectangle would be worth 6.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Children can create their own \u201cfraction number search\u201d rectangles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hand2mind.com\/pdf\/gridpaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using grid paper<\/a>, or even just by splitting up a child-created shape, using a ruler to measure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discuss the following image with your child &#8211; what fractions do you see represented?<br \/>\nHow many different fractions can you find?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72884,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67978\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}