{"id":2392,"date":"2012-08-23T07:15:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2012-09-09T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T18:59:29","slug":"teaching-fractions-using-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Fractions Using Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2393\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-23-07.47.09-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"coin fractions\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-23-07.47.09-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-23-07.47.09-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-08-23-07.47.09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">www.FamilyMathNight.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>Learning about fractions, parts of a whole, can be tough for a lot of kids.  Finding a variety of ways to teach fractions will give them opportunities to think about and make sense of fractions.  Using coins as fractional values of a dollar can be fun way to reinforce fraction concepts. <\/p>\n<p>I included the front and back faces (obverse and reverse) of each coin.  If showing two faces for each coin confuses your child\/student, just remove one of them. <\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of this photo is a starter list of questions to ask students.<\/p>\n<p>CCSS:  3.NF.1; 3.NF.3; 4.NF.3<\/p>\n<p>Other fraction lessons:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=2483\">PomPom Fractions: A Commom Core lesson for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=2252\" target=\"_blank\">Fractions:  Multiplying, Dividing, Simplifying, Equivalence<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=2202\" target=\"_blank\">Multiplication of Fractions: What Does it Mean?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning about fractions, parts of a whole, can be tough for a lot of kids. Finding a variety of ways to teach fractions will give them opportunities to think about and make sense of fractions. Using coins as fractional values of a dollar can be fun way to reinforce fraction concepts. 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