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Fractions on a thread

Tools and strategies for primary school

Product: Book

Pages: 196 in full color + 20 cards with fractions

ISBN: 978-88-590-1013-5

Publication date: 01/01/2016

Suitable for: Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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An original, effective strategy for teaching and learning knowledge and skills connected to fractions.
After a brief theoretical introduction, the book offers a didactic programme which is divided into 4 practical sections, each one preceded by a practical guide to using the material presented, centring on a different teaching tool:
– the placemat,
– the strip of squared paper,
– the number line,
– the fractions thread.

 A variety of activities and worksheets and the 20 fraction cards which come with the book make it an invaluable, ready-to-use tool for maths teachers of the last three years of primary school.


PART 1 – Teaching and learning fractions in primary school
Problems connected to teaching and learning fractions in primary school
Theoretical framework of reference
PART 2 – Teaching tools
Introduction to the concept of fractions and fractional units with the placemat
Beyond units of measurement with the strip
Positioning fractions on the line
Rational numbers as classes of equivalences and the density of Q with the thread