Summary and Synthesis

In class we have been discussing fractions and how to divide them. One approach that we took was dividing candy bars equally for a certain amount of kids. Thinking back to how I was taught, I do remember my teachers taking this approach. I have never thought about using this approach to teach halving in my classroom some day. This is one of the easiest things to do, so I feel that my kids will benefit from this. Looking through that book was very interesting, to see the different types of manipulatives that you can use for fractions is just astonishing. I am very excited to be able to use manipulatives to teach my students fractions. I never thought about not having the fractions labeled would be detrimental to the kids. I now feel that having maniuplatives with no labels on them is the most beneficial.