Fractions

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• A Fraction's Goal—Parts of a Whole by Brian P. Cleary

Materials

Common Materials

• fine point dry-erase markers (kit)
• scissors
• colored pencils
• whiteboard (kit)
• Interactive Notebook
• colored tiles (kit)
• glue or glue stick
• laminated fraction chart (kit)
• fraction strips (kit)
• knife
• apple
• counters (kit)
• geared clock (kit)
• geoboard (kit)
• rubber bands (kit)
• construction paper (kit)
• fraction chart pieces from Lesson 4

Lesson 1

• small paper plates (kit)
• spoon* (1.1 - optional)
• string* (1.1 - optional)
• crackers* (1.1 - optional)
• cup* (1.1 - optional)
• 10 small pieces of snack food (like small crackers, Goldfish, or nuts)
• blank paper
• roll of toilet paper* (1.1 - optional)

Lesson 3

• markers* (3.2 - optional)
• ruler* (3.2 - optional)
• construction paper* (3.2 - optional)
• multiplication flashcards (kit)

Lesson 4

• dice (kit)

Lesson 6

• ruler (kit)
• sidewalk chalk (kit)
• masking tape* (6.3 - optional)
• rope or string* (6.3 - optional)

Lesson 7

• fraction circles from Lesson 5
• laminated grid paper (kit)

Lesson 9

• fraction dominoes from Lesson 7

Final Project

• card stock paper* (Final Project.optional)
• small bag
• small objects for game pieces

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used