A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Fractions
and Decimals
For Middle School Teachers
Sponsored by
The Salem State Collaborative
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Location: SEEM Collaborative Offices, 92 Montvale Ave. Suite 3500, Stoneham, MA. 02180 - See
website for directions
Time: 8:30 AM
–2:30 PM
PDP’s: 5 PDP’s
Cost: Collaborative Members: $35 Non-Collaborative Members: $125
Refreshments and lunch are included in fee.
This workshop is designed to assist teachers in using
fraction bars, pattern blocks and number lines to teach all the areas of
fractions. It will concentrate on the numerator and denominator, equals,
greater than, less than, ordering, mixed numbers along with rounding,
estimating as well as all aspects of addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division.
Base ten materials, and metric tapes will be used to
deal with decimal representations of the common fraction.
We will be involved with addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division along with rounding and changing common fractions
to decimals. If time permits, division of whole numbers and ways of assessing
this operation will be discussed.
Instructor: Jim
Callahan, Mathematics Consultant
Registration Information:
Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or
email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please
either email (preferred) or
call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and
Bring to the First Session
DEADLINE to sign up for the Fractions and Decimals
Workshop is five days prior to start of program.