Make a Personal Pie Chart! (continued)
Topics: Fourth Grade, Math
Step 3. Review fractions with your child using the Personal Pie Chart. Discuss numerators and denominators. Give her a couple of practice runs: ask her to use the chart to show 1/2, 2/6, 3/8, 7/8.
Step 4. Tell your child that you are now going to play a game with her Personal Pie Chart! Drawing from the pile of playing cards, challenge your child to solve the word problem and show you the answer on her Personal Pie Chart. You may need to do the first few together. Take turns drawing cards, and, as your child gets more comfortable, set up a point system for every correct answer.
After your child has mastered denominators of eight, create new wedges for your Personal Pie Chart and playing cards for other denominators. The possibilities are endless!
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Chris McAllister has taught both fourth and fifth grade for nine years in Atlanta, specializing in bringing technology into the classroom.
Comments from readers
Also found National Center for Education and ChartGo They're both pretty useful.