The Ruler Game Champions

Have you heard about The Ruler Game? The Ruler Game is a fun, web based game that helps students practice US Customary linear measurement, including fractional parts. Students were introduced to the game on Friday and practiced identifying wholes, halves, fourths, eighths, and sixteenths. Today, we held our Measurement March Madness Championship.  Students played against each other in brackets until there were four people left. The last four people competed by identifying measurements on The Ruler Game up to a sixteenth of an inch! Contestants had one minute to score as many points as possible.  Here are The Ruler Game Champions (or Measurement Queen and King).

The Ruler Game Champions!
Ruler Game King and Queen

We are so proud of all the students who participated and cheered each other on! Keep practicing at home! Leave us a comment with your best score. Don't forget to tell us what fraction you practiced. (Challenge yourself to work beyond wholes and halves. You can do it! ) 

Beginning Fractions

Today in math, we began our third grade fraction unit.  Students began thinking about way to fairly share brownies.  Using their own inquisitive math minds, students began making connections way beyond the teacher's expectations! The following statements were made by students during the work period and/or closing session:

• "I noticed that the more people you have to share the brownie with, the smaller each person's brownie will be!"
• "I noticed that 4/4 (four fourths) is equal to one whole!"
• "When the numerator is the same as the denominator, the fraction is equal to one whole!"
• "One-eighth is half of one-fourth!"
• "I can use multiplication to help represent all of the eighths that equal one whole. For example, 8 x 1/8 = 1."

This chart was made during our closing session based on what the students noticed during the work session. 

This is the Student Sheet that the students worked on during the work session.  The yellow pieces represent a brownie cut into fractional pieces.