Pattern Block Fraction Task Cards Math Centers
5.0 (596 reviews)Pattern Blocks for older students?! You bet!!! Cultivate a deep understanding of fractions with this engaging, hands-on resource that your students will LOVE! There are 36 different cards in this set, and each one presents a unique, non-routine task using pattern blocks. Your students will utilize
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
- Subject
- Math
- Pages
- 32
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 4 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Pattern Blocks for older students?! You bet!!!
Cultivate a deep understanding of fractions with this engaging, hands-on resource that your students will LOVE! There are 36 different cards in this set, and each one presents a unique, non-routine task using pattern blocks. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills, all while developing a deep and solid grasp of fractions. Step away from the procedures and rules and engage students in a valuable and meaningful way!
What’s Included:
•Organizational and instructional tips
•36 thought-provoking and engaging task cards
•Student answer sheet for recording work
•Answer key
•Printable pattern block shapes (in color and black-and-white)
Skills Covered:
•Fractional relationships
•Equivalent fractions
•Basic operations (adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying) with fractions applied within the context pattern blocks
•Spatial reasoning
•Problem solving and critical thinking
Save money and purchase this as part of theHands-on Math: Build Your Own Bundle!
Problem Solving with Pattern Blocks 1
Problem Solving with Pattern Blocks 2
Brain Power Math: Non-Routine Problem Solving {Book A}
Time to Tile: Equivalent Fractions
Time to Tile: Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Time to Tile: Adding and Subtracting
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Reviews
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Loved the resource but please change the answer for C and D around for the practice assessment number 4. Ick is the answer but that is letter D and my students picked up on the bad word it made.
Several Errors
I haven't used this product in a long time and as I was going through it, I found several errors. There are 2 choices or wrong choices in quite a few. I would suggest that you go through all of them to see if there are 2 options that are both correct and a few of them have the answers in the wrong order.
I was looking forward to using this resource. I was disappointed to find that although it claims to be for a full week, it is actually only 4 pages per week. If I want to use the 5th day resource, it requires purchasing yet another product by the creator. That should be stated up front. I am now forced to decide to either waste my money and not use the product at all, or spend even more money for the day 5 activities.
I didn't find this resource made for distance teaching. It's more like the other products made for in-person teaching. I was not really happy with the purchase, because I thought that with the title it was more complete in the PowerPoint when it was not.
This resource was a bit complicated and I did not feel that it made it easy to use for 5th grade. I used it a few times, but I wish it would be 100% aligned with common core requirements, which I feel it was not
Questions & Answers (4)
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Is there a way to make the numbers less "squished?" ie. the 11 is hard to read. Thanks!
I am not sure what you mean. Are you opening the file from the latest version of Adobe Reader?
I've worked a couple of these with extreme difficulty. What is the number next to the pattern block supposed to represent? for example on task card 3, 1/2 = hexagon. It would be helpful to have an example.
Hi Carin! The number is telling you what that piece equals. You use that information to determine what the other pieces equal. Check out the answer key and it might make more sense.
I believe card 22 is unsolveable due to question 4 and card 12 is also unsolveable because of clue 3. Could you please check and verify in case I am mistaken
Hello. This resource doesn't have "clues". Are you referring to something else?
One card correctly filled in would help. I don't understand what students are supposed to do.
Hello! There is an answer key at the back of the resource with pictures of how the pieces are supposed to be arranged for each card.
