From: Teaching Children Mathematics | Date: May 1, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This book addresses real-life uses of fractions. The colorful illustrations make it very appealing and appropriate for students in grades 2 through 8 to use as review or remediation. Adler includes easy activities to create fractional parts with paper plates and crayons and to discover equivalent fractions using graph paper.

Fraction Fun can be used with the whole class, in flexible groups, or at home in a fraction kit for students and parents. The concrete activities would be easy to expand to meet the needs of higher- and lower-level students.

However, the measurement section ...