Go,+Fractions!

=Go, Fractions!= All Aboard Math Reader media type="file" key="mathtitle.MP3" width="240" height="20" Bauer Stamper Judith

**Standards**
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 * **Subject** **:** Mathematics ||
 * **Grade** **:** Grade Seven ||
 * **Area** **:** Number Sense ||
 * **Sub-Strand 7.2****:** Students know the properties of, and compute with, rational numbers expressed in a variety of forms: ||
 * **Standard 1.2****:**(Key Standard): Add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers (integers, fractions, and terminating decimals) and take positive rational numbers to whole-number powers. ||
 * **Standard 1.3****:** Convert fractions to decimals and percents and use these representations in estimations, computations, and applications. ||
 * **Standard 1.4****:** (Key Standard): Differentiate between rational and irrational numbers. ||

Key Terms
//Half// //Half of the Half//

Summary
Coach Curtis breaks his 16 tryout groups of kids in half and then in half of a half. Then he explained the differences between 1/2 and 1/4. In the end, all were wearing fractions on their uniforms since their Soccer team was named 'Fractions.' .media type="file" key="mathch1.MP3" width="240" height="20"

Key Terms
//A part of a bigger whole// //1/2 and 1/4 differences//

Summary
The //'Fractions'// all came to practice after school the next Monday. As a team they were doing some dribbling drills and after a break, Coach Curtis wanted to talk about fractions. Then the he asked Mike, one of the kids, "What is a fraction?" and he said, "A fraction is a part of a bigger whole." After that, the coach explained how different a 1/2 and 1/4 were and which one of them was bigger and why by cutting an orange in pieces. media type="file" key="mathch2.MP3" width="240" height="20"

Key Terms
//half of a whole// //one as a unit number//

Summary
The '//Fractions'// first game was against "The Tigers" a team with a scary name. Up to halftime, the '//Fractions//' were loosing 1-0. After a halftime break, half of the '//Fractions//' team was replaced with fresh team members and tied the game 1-1. Towards the end of the game, Rosa gave the ball a hard boot and scored. The //'Fractions'// won 2-1 and they were all celebrating that they were part of a bigger whole and number one. media type="file" key="mathch3.MP3" width="240" height="20"

**Summary**
This book is about a kid's soccer team where instead of numbers in the back of their uniforms, they had fractions. media type="file" key="mathsumfin.MP3" width="240" height="20"

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