Making Fractions (Paperback)

Paperback. Making Fractions is an invaluable professional development handbook for classroom teachers and maths leads.Grounded in contexts such as sharing and measuring, Making Fractions contains a wide range of engaging practical activities that progress gradually from halves and quarters to tenths and hundredths and beyond, to bring fractions and decimals to life.Based on the authors' Nuffield Foundation-funded research project,A guide to the use of practical tasks and manipulatives in the teaching of fractions and decimals with children aged 3 to 11, these practical ideas have been extensively trialed and are easy toimplement in the classroom. Making Fractions is an invaluable professional development handbook for classroom teachers and maths leads. It contains engaging practical activities that progress gradually from halves to quarters and beyond. The activities have been trialled with teachers and children, and will help bring fractions and decimals to life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…