Notice that this floor mat has pictures that represent the whole and fraction parts of each number. The fraction 8/3 has two squares totally filled in with black and the third square has two of the three parts filled in with black. Have your students use the shaded squares to help their comprehension of fractions.
On index cards, write +1/3, +3/6, etc. Have your student select a number on the mat to stand on. Have your student select a card from a large hat or box. Have your student move on the mat as they add/subtract according to the card.
Have your student start on START HERE. Have the student say “one third” while hopping with one foot in the 1/3 box. Then have the student jump (two feet) on the 2/3, clap and say “ two thirds.” Continue alternating between one foot and two-footed movements to the end of the mat. Repeat activity for […]
Throw a bean bag on the Fraction Walk Floor Mat. Move to the bean bag, alternating between one and two-footed movements. Pick up the bean bag and say all of the equivalent fractions underneath where the bean bag landed.
Have a student select a fraction and stand on it. Then, have the student hop on all of its equivalent fractions. The activity should go on until the student has reached all fractions equivalent to the one on which they started. Then, have them select another fraction or have the next student take a turn. […]
Have a student toss two bean bags onto the mat. Then, have the student add or subtract the numbers. To make this activity easier, make sure they toss the bean bags in the same column (only thirds or only sixths). To make this activity more difficult, have them toss one bean bag on the thirds […]
Follow the same instructions as Bean Bag Addition and Subtraction, but instead of adding or subtracting, have students multiply.
Follow the same instructions as Bean Bag Addition and Subtraction, but instead of adding or subtracting, have students divide.
Students will read a problem from a worksheet or flashcard. Have them reinterpret it, solve it, and then hop to that answer on the mat. Examples: ⅓ x 3 = 1…SO…1 x 3 ÷ 3 = 1 ⅙ X 6 = 1…SO…1 x 6 ÷ 6 = 1 ⅔ x 2 = 4/3…SO…2 x 2 […]
Clip a math worksheet on a clipboard. Have your student figure out the answers to the fraction problems by walking or jumping on the mat.
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