1St grade fraction activities

Fraction activities, games, and read alouds for 1st and 2nd grade

Happy Tuesday! I know many of you are on Spring Break this week but I wanted to share several fraction activities and games that are great for 1st grade and 2nd grade.  There are lots of fun ones that will help amp up the engagement during your fraction unit. Our state standard focuses on fractions of a whole – not of a set.

Alrighty, let’s start planning!

FRACTION ACTIVITIES AND GAMES

For years now I’ve used sticky notes to introduce fractions and partitioning shapes in 1st grade.  Over the years I collected sticky notes in various shapes and sizes…anytime I’m out and about and see unique shapes, I throw ’em in the cart.  Amazon is also a great place to find lots of sticky notes. I have this pack and they’re great.

I always start off introducing equal and unequal when partitioning the different shapes. These anchor charts are easy to make and kids love them.  I gave each student a sticky note and let them add it to the chart under the correct category – this is a great way to get lots of discussion and thinking going. Of course relating this to sharing food is a great way to connect to the real world.

Sticky notes are also great for students to use to fold, draw, and cut the shapes into various fractions. This Book of Fractions is a great activity to hold all their sticky note shapes.

Here are a few other fraction activities and games for partitioning shapes to create different fractions.

Spin and Make can be used in partners, independently, stations, or as a whole group.  If using it as a whole group, simply project the activity onto your white board and use a magnetic spinner on the board. These are my favorite; I’ve used them for years. To play, students spin the spinner, create the shape they land on and partition it into the corresponding amount of pieces.

For Fraction Wreaths, students color in the circles to create their own fractions. Afterwards, they write the fraction in word form and/or number form.  The colors of the wreath can be changed out to match the season….Christmas could be red bow and green strips…fall could be brown bow and yellow strips, etc.  The wreath is a paper plate with the middle cut out. Easy peasy!

Next up is a class favorite from a few years ago.  We played this with place value (see here) and lemme’ just tell ya’…it was a HIT! Loads of fun, meaningful, easy prep, peer collaboration…talk about engagement!   

To play: group your students in table groups (this could be played independently but peer collaboration is my favorite!) and give each group a fraction card and several sticky notes. I like to give each table group a different color – this makes it easy to quickly see which table group is having trouble with the skill, etc.

Hang the different fraction posters around the room (square model, circle model, rectangle model, word form, numerator, denominator)…

Students will work together as a table group to represent the fraction on their card in the various forms that are on the posters.  After they have it the form of their fraction on their sticky note, they stick it to the correct poster.  Y’all! They love it! It’s such a fun fraction game! Plus, it helps the different forms of fractions and ways that fractions are represented, STICK.

Spin It is another fraction game that is a blast. This is projected onto your whiteboard and used with a magnetic spinner. There are several different Spin It slides available here. To play: students (or you) spin the spinner, and students write the word form on their desks with an expo marker….or they could verbally tell you the fraction. You can play in table teams and make it a race to write the correct fraction first. My class always liked to play Spin It in table groups.

Flip and Share is a partner game where students take turns flipping over two cards and comparing them.

Tic-Tac-Find is another fun partner game to practice reading and identifying fractions.

Fraction Walk is a “Write the Room” activity and Read, Match, Scoot is played like the classic game of Scoot. I love using these type of activities for assessments.

I love this craftivity and hativitiy to wrap up the fraction unit!

And because you gotta get those grades in…Fraction Match Up sort and these Flip Books work well for informal assessments!!

There are several other flip book options here.

Whew. That was a lot, but I hope these activities will create engagement in your classroom and make learning about fraction fun for you and your students!

You can find all these activities here or Pin the picture below to your Pinterest board.

Oh and here are few old fraction freebies.

Before I go, I’ve rounded up some fraction read alouds for you. These are available on Amazon (affiliate links included), but you could definitely check your school or local library to see if they have them.

A Fraction’s Goal – Parts of a Whole

Fraction Fun

Full House: An Invitation to Fractions 

Fractions in Disguise

Fraction Action

Give Me Half

If I were a Fraction

Twinderlla, A Fractioned Fairy Tale

Peg and Cat: The Pizza Problem

22 Fun Fraction Games and Activities For Kids

Fractions can be a challenge to teach. That’s why it’s important to have a wide array of activities on hand to help kids learn this tricky concept. These fraction games are a fun way to give them practice, in the classroom or at home.

1. Sort sticky notes

Divide sticky notes into sections, then have kids sort them onto anchor charts. We especially love using fun shapes like hearts or stars!

Learn more: Smitten With First

2. Connect fractions to learn and win

Repurpose a Connect Four set to play fraction games! The goal is to match not only your colors but the fractions themselves. For instance, you need four one-fourths in a row, but only three one-thirds, so there’s strategy involved, too.

Learn more: No Time for Flash Cards

3. Explore the Fraction of the Day

Fractions are one of those math concepts we actually use quite a bit in everyday life. Make them part of routine practice by posing a new Fraction of the Day question each morning.

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If you’ve played Spoons before, you know the drill. Match four of a kind (this time using free printable fraction cards found at the link below), and you get to grab for a spoon—and so does everyone else! The loser takes one letter of the word SPOON, and play continues.

Learn more: Games 4 Gains

5. Get them in order

Comparing fractions is definitely a bit of a challenge. This simple free printable game tasks kids with putting a series of four fractions in order from smallest to largest. They can race to see who finishes first or just challenge themselves to get the right answer.

Learn more: Get Them in Order/Math Geek Mama

6. Fight it out in a fraction war

Your kids probably already know how to play War with cards. This version just adds a fraction aspect. Students deal two cards: a numerator and a denominator, and then determine whose fraction is the largest. The winner keeps all four cards, and play continues until the cards are gone. You can also play using these free printable fraction cards.

7. Noodle around with fractions

It’s so easy to make these pool noodle math manipulatives, which you can then use for all kinds of fraction games. Learn how to make them and get ideas for using them here.

8. Build excitement with LEGO fraction games

Visualizing what fractions represent is easier (and a lot more fun) when you use LEGO bricks! Lay them out side by side or build towers. No matter how you play, this is a sure-fire hit.

Learn more: JDaniel4’s Mom

9. Try making paper plate fractions

Such a fun, colorful way to play with fractions and equivalencies! Get the full instructions here.

10. Boogie down with newspaper fractions

Turn the music up! Start out with a full paper as each student’s dance floor, then fold down to one half. Continue folding the paper into smaller and smaller dance floors and watch kids get creative as they try to stay on the paper.

Learn more: Mrs. King’s Music Class

11. Move onto Fraction Avenue

This is such a fun activity! Grab the free printable street scene at the link. Then, have kids follow the directions to add details. For instance, 2/8 of the homes have dogs outside. Ask kids to reduce the fraction, then draw the correct number of pups.

Learn more: Ashleigh’s Education Journey

12. Jump into fraction hopscotch

It’s hopscotch—with a fraction games twist! Draw a hopscotch board on the playground (or outline one with tape on your classroom or hallway floor). Label the squares with fractions instead of whole numbers. Kids throw a marker and jump to where it lands, then name the equivalent fractions for that square.

Learn more: Capturing Classroom Ideas

13. Turn your name into fractions

Who knew there were so many fractions hiding inside your own name? Pose these questions to students, and ask them to find their own fractions too.

Learn more: Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits

14. Have a fraction picnic

Provide a variety of food images cut from magazines or printed out from the Internet. Students plan a picnic and choose the food they want to bring along. Using a ruler and scissors, cut portions of their food choices and glue them to a paper plate. Finally, label each item with the fraction name. Bon appétit!

Learn more: Fraction Picnic/E is for Explore

15. Put a spin on the fraction fun

Kids get a kick out of stuff that spins, so they’ll love these free printable fraction games. Since the spinners are just pencils and paper clips, every kid can have their own as they practice their fraction skills. Get the whole free set of games here.

16. Color your way to fraction bingo

There’s learning and strategy involved when you play fraction bingo. Kids color in portions of the circles in an effort to get five in a row, based on the fractions the teacher calls out. Of course, the best part is getting to shout “BINGO!”

Learn more: School Time Snippets

17. Reduce fractions and race to the finish

Kids draw a card (the free printable cards and board are at the link below) and reduce the fraction shown. They then move along the board to the next square that matches. First to the end wins!

Learn more: 123Homeschool4Me

18. Draw on their creativity with fraction Pictionary

Can you draw a fraction—without using any numbers? That’s the challenge of this fractions game. Kids can draw single objects divided to represent fractions or be more creative. For example, they might draw three apples and two oranges to represent three-fifths.

Learn more: Fraction Pictionary/E is for Explore

19. Get into a fraction fiasco

Once they get the rules down, kids will be adding fractions and checking each other’s work in this free printable game. You’ll find all the instructions and the game board at the link below.

Learn more: Learn With Math Games

20. Do the math with domino fractions

Dominoes are like ready-made fractions! Multiply (or add, subtract, or divide) them and reduce the results. Turn it into a race to see who can finish—correctly—first.

Learn more: Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational

21. Play with pattern blocks

If you’ve already got pattern blocks on hand, put them to good use in some fractions games. In this one, kids spin to find out how many blocks they get to add to their board in an effort to be the first to build six complete shapes.

Learn more: Pattern Block Fractions/Math Geek Mama

22. Shake it up with number bonds

All you need is a plastic cup and two-sided counters. Kids shake the cup and pour the counters on the table, then count how many of each color landed face up. For example, if 13 counters were rolled, six red and seven blue landed face up. Six and seven are both parts of thirteen (the whole). Have students write the number bond and fractions for each color.

Learn more: Number Bond Fractions/E is for Explore

What are your favorite fraction games for kids? Come and share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

Looking for more math games? Try this roundup of online math games for every grade level.

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