Easter M&M Fractions Free For YOU!

Fractions . . . arghhhh!. . . they can be tough for some to understand.  But who doesn't like to eat candy, especially when it's chocolate? So maybe the incentive to understanding fractions is in the idea that once I learn it I can eat my fractions! I love this idea . . . except for the fact that I gave up candy for Lent. So while my kiddos ate theirs. . .  I politely sat back and drooled all over myself!

So this week when you only have a few days left before Easter, I have a freebie for you that's quick to set up and fun to do all in one. 

First you'll need one of these bags of the fun size M&M's. 

Next you'll need to give everyone a copy of this.

 (On the back side you'll put another activity to show how to divide with the same amount of candy.)

The students will sort their candy, 

Then write the fractions for each color. 

For example if you had 22 candies and 

7 of them were yellow, then the fraction of yellow would be 7/22. 

This is a great activity because most kids will have a different amount of candies in their bag.

You can pick up this freebie by clicking HERE.

 It's a 2 page document, that I printed on the front and back when I made the copies for my students. 

Could you just do me a favor and leave me a quick message if you do decide to grab this. I decided not to put this in TPT, but then I don't have any idea how many of you grab it. I'm always curious how many people like my stuff. . . . so a little bit of happiness will fill my heart!

Then just for fun we made a plot graph to see how many candies were in each bag. We rarely get enough practice working with graphs so this is a quick and easy one to do to show how there is usually an average in the bags. 

Patty

M&M Fractions Thanks Mrs. B

Do your 2nd grade kids "get" fractions?

Do your 2nd grade (or any grade level) kids like to eat M&M's?

(That may seem like a stupid  dumb  silly question, but I did have one who didn't want to eat them!)

I found a great activity from Buzzing with Mrs. B that I know you might want to try.

Why? You might be asking. ..  . .

Well, for one it's using candy, (specifically chocolate) to teach a concept.

Two, it's fun and fairly easy for 2nd graders to understand. 

And Three. . . It's FREE!

You can find it on the TPT page by clicking the word Free above. 

Here's the link for the actual blog page that she talks about this project.

We have been taking our NWEA test all morning so doing this activity was such a great relief and fun too!

If you need something fun and free (You do have to buy the M&M's yourself though, they don't come with the download!) this is a great idea for your kids.

Now, also if you haven't entered my giveaway, please make your way to this post and enter. You have until Wednesday when the winner. . . actually TWO winners will be chosen.

Patty

I LOVE DJ INKERS

Yesterday, in my Currently, I said that I was LOVING that I got some exciting news but that I couldn't share it with you yet... . .

Well NOW I can. . . .

I know I didn't give you much time to wonder about it, and for some of you, you didn't even know about it. . . but good gracious,  I just couldn't wait!

You see that button over to the right? The one about D.J. Inkers? Well I just love her clip art and I love creating with it. So I made an activity called Fraction Frenzy and they bought it from me and now YOU can buy it from them!!!  Go to DJInkers digital downloads and look for it there.

Isn't that just the BOSS!!! I wasn't sure when it was going to be released, but last night,  I found out that it was and so I wanted to share this link with you, in case YOU too wanted to buy it. I don't have a Teachers Pay Teachers store yet, and I know I can't sell D.J. Inkers there anyway. But this way if you want to buy my activity on fractions this is the perfect place to pick it up. It's only $2.99 and it comes in black and white and color. So you can print the easiest way for your budget!

And if you like it, would you let me know. . . I'm thinking of some other things to sell to them so I need to know if you think it looks valuable or not!

Patty