Last Friday, Brianna's class held Fraction Day. They had so much fun. It was great for them to have the freedom to do something fun like this (made possible by the guidelines at thier new school - Gateway College Prep!). it would never have happened back in the regular Public school.
so Mrs. Zuckman's 2nd grade class had a fraction cookout for their fraction day. After fun activities in class to reinforce fractions, they came outside where we were cooking hamburgers on the picnic tables. While we finished up, they broke into 2 teams - Team Snickerdoodle (for the teachers pet) and Team Gus (school mascot). Each team then had a "Scavenger Hunt" where they had to determine how many parts of the whole were gone or remaining depending on the item # for the deserts. The parents had all brought in different pies and cakes cut into a predetermined number of slices. We had then removed a portion of the slices to leave the puzzle for them to figure out. They had fun counting the pieces and planning which deserts they were going to eat. I think it helped them to apply fractions in a great fun way! I only wish I had taken a few pictures!
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