Emily McGann

Bibliography Title: Web Resources for Teaching and Learning fractions/probability at the 2nd -4th
grade level.

1) “Bubble Gum Contest.” Teaching Math: A Video Library, K-4. Annenberg Media, 2009.
Web. 25 Oct. 2009. <http://www.learner.org/‌vod/‌vod_window.html?pid=898>.
Description: This is another website that teachers can use to see how to introduce a topic or how
to implement the lesson in a classroom. Teachers often have good lesson plans written and think t
hey know how to explain the topic, but how to introduce it to children is a struggle. This video sh
ows how one teacher implemented her lesson about fractions into the classroom. Understanding
how the children react and seeing what words and gestures she uses can help a future teacher fig
ure out how to implement her lessons on fractions into the classroom. This video gives you a bett
er idea of how children will react and what questions they might ask so you are better prepared to
address their concerns. I like this website because the videos seem to capture the students how th
ey naturally would act because the students ignore the camera. This website also offers numerous
other videos on implementation of various other lessons in different disciplines and grade levels.

2) “Fractions by Zeebo.” CoolMath4Kids. CoolMath.com, inc., 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009.

<http://www.coolmath4kids.com/‌fractions/‌index.html>.
Description: This website is very colorful and appealing to students. There are numerous math
subjects covered within the website. It has interactive activities for each step of the fraction learn
ing process. I like how it explains the reasoning why each problem has a certain solution, but I d
o not like how the answers are revealed once you just put your cursor over the answer box. When
I was testing on the website, I would always see the answer before I read the problem because m
y mouse would pass over the answer box on accident. This website has wonderful explanations
with pictures to accompany the words, for visual learners to see how the problem is completed. T
his website does not include engaging stories for the students to get involved in, so students may
lose interest quickly when completing the interactive tasks. It is a useful website for self-
learning, review, and interactive engagement with fractions.

3) “K-12 Student Center. 3-6 Interactives.” Utah Education Network. Utah State of Education,
2008. Web. 23 Oct. 2009. <http://www.uen.org/‌3-6interactives/‌index.shtml>.
Description: This website connects all of the Utah state public schools so administrators, teachers,
and parents can share their ideas on different issues and topics in education. It offers resources o
n current events and has resources for getting advice on how to deal with issues in the classroom.
There are adult education services offered on the website and more information about other dista
nce education programs to get involved in. This website is useful for my purposes because it offe
rs interactive games and activities for students to further their learning about fractions and proba
bilities. This website offers interactive activities for language arts, math, health, art and music, so
cial studies, and science.
There are numerous subcategories within those subjects for students to pick from. Math,
for instance, has geometry, addition, patterns, and much more. The Utah Education Network‘s w
ebsite offers a variety of activities, not just the same type of activity with different types of chara
cters. In Math, there are racing games, scavenger hunts, adventure tasks, timed activities, food ga
mes, and art projects that help enforce the concept of fractions. There is a quiz section to each act
ivity, but you need to sign up with MyGradeBook.com to be a member and get the results from t
he quizzes. This website offers a variety of interactive activities for my students on numerous top
ics, including fractions and probability, so this will be a helpful resource to a unit on fractions for
2nd-4th grade students.

4) “Kids and Cookies.” Teacher Link. Center for Technology and Teacher Education, 2005.
Web. 26 Oct. 2009.
<http://www.teacherlink.org/‌content/‌math/‌interactive/‌flash/‌kidsandcookies/‌kidcookie.php>.
Description: The website is strictly focused on fractions. It is a useful activity that allows
students to figure out how to share cookies evenly. The number of cookies in the numerator and
the number of friends or “kids” is the denominator. They have tools on the interactive webpage
that allow you to cut the cookies in half, into thirds, and so on. This allows students some
freedom and exploration into the appropriate way to divide a smaller number of cookies amongst
a larger group of kids. This particular webpage is useful because it is interactive and allows
children to make mistakes by giving them multiple options for solving a problem.
This particular webpage is part of the bigger website known as, TeacherLink.org. That
website offers lesson plans and activities in Science, Math, Social Studies, and English. There
are various activities to do under the tab marked “interactive projects,” but most of them are not
visually appealing. Many of the options are just question and answer type activities. The
activities under the tab marked “Flash Projects” are the engaging ones with characters and
multiple options. This is where the “Kids and Cookies” activity can be found. I will use this
website with my students when I want to observe and informally assess their understanding of
proportions and fractions.

5) Landers, Mara. “Elementary School Level Questions: Ask Dr. Math.” Math Forum.
Goodwin College of Professional Studies, 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009.
<http://mathforum.org/‌paths/‌fractions/‌e.fracdrmath.html>.
Description: The website is a good refresher on math concepts for parents, teachers, and students.
It has commonly asked questions available for people to click on and get fast answers and expla
nations. It does not have interactive games for children to learn from nor does it have a visual ap
pealing layout. The answers, unfortunately, are typed in a straight line, so it may be hard for stud
ents to understand and explanations are sometimes given in lengthy paragraphs. This is a
website of commonly asked questions from students and parents, so it helps a teacher to prepare
explanations for those commonly asked questions regarding fractions. This webpage,
Elementary School Level Questions: Ask Dr. Math, is part of a larger website, mathforum.org.
That website offers links to resources, tools, educational journals, and research on the
effectiveness of technology in the classroom. There are many helpful websites linked to
MathForum.org, each web link contains a summary of the contents of the website. It is an
informative and helpful site. The “Dr. Math” webpage is a helpful website for teachers and pare
nts because it helps adults learn how to effectively explain a concept, so they can explain to their
child with examples.

6) “Lesson Demos for Online Learning Fun: Language Arts, Math, Science & Social Studies
Games for Kids.” Time4Learning. Compass Learning Odyssey, 2005. Web. 23 Oct. 2009.
<http://www.time4learning.com/‌second-grade-math.shtml>.
Description: This offers helpful information for beginning teachers who are unfamiliar with wha
t each grade level learns. It also gives helpful suggestions of what to focus on and what children
will be entering your class knowing. In the ”games” section of the website, it offers interactive a
ctivities to improve students’ knowledge on a variety of topics. Probability and fractions in one
of the topics that was covered in the demo activities. In order to get access to all of the activities,
you need to pay a monthly fee of $19.95 for membership. Their membership includes self paced
lessons, printable worksheets, language arts lessons, interactive activities, and reports for parents.
This website is directed towards home schooled students and for students to keep working on th
eir academics throughout the summer. It is based off of Florida’s 50 State Standards. I like this
website because it offers helpful suggestion for ways to teach about fractions and it gives me
access to worksheets and interactive activities that I can use with my students in the classroom.

7) “Math and Sports.” Cyberchase. Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 2008. Web. 25 Oct.
2009.
<http://www.pbs.org/‌parents/‌cyberchase/‌lessons/‌themes/‌mathandsports/‌educators.html.>.
Description: This website offers interactive games for students to learn math while also giving pa
rents a place to learn about their children and what they are learning at that grade level. The webs
ite links to the PBS Parents website and gives helpful tips and research about the education of yo
ung children. The website talks about its television show, CYBERCHASE, which is the only mat
hematics TV series in American history. The show is for children 8-12 years old. The website has
many fun games with story lines and adventure to engage students and improve their knowledge
of fractions. One of the games that I recommend for learning fractions and probability is “Activit
y 2: Play Slugball.” I like how the website has multiple options for parents, teachers, and student
s to find games. They have a “media”, “topic”, and “grade level” button to help you narrow your
search for a game. The games are engaging and educational for fractions, especially “Melvin’s M
ake a Match” game. The educational research is informative for teachers so they can stay
informed on effective practices and techniques in the classroom.

8) Phillips, Martin. “Fractions at PPPST.com.” PPST.com. N.p., 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009.
<http://math.pppst.com/‌fractions.html>.
Description: This website offers interactive activities and PowerPoint presentations for each
gradual step in the process of learning fractions. At the bottom of the page, there are links to the
interactive games on the PBS website. There are PowerPoint presentations available for teachers
to use to demonstrate fractions and there are other ones which explain the step by step process of
solving fraction equations, like Fantastic Fractions. I like this PowerPoint because it includes
information about multiplying and dividing fractions along with the basic information. This
PowerPoint is in a format ready for editing and has buttons to jump to appropriate topics. If I
wanted to focus on dividing fractions, then I could click the “dividing fractions” button and skip
past the addition part of the presentation. Unfortunately, the “bibliography” and “teacher resourc
es” tabs do not work, so I could not look further into the resources used to compile this remarkab
le PowerPoint presentation. In the other PowerPoint presentations on advanced fraction topics,
there is also a lot less writing and more examples used in those presentations. Although I think
the PowerPoint presentations on more advanced topics are set up better, the PowerPoint
presentations on fractions at the second and third grade level are very useful as well. I like the la
yout and can use these PowerPoint presentations to review fraction concepts the students should
have previously learned and introduce new aspects of fractions.
 9) “ProTeacher Archives: Fractions.” ProTeacher. ProTeacher, 2008. Web. 25 Oct. 2009.
<http://www.proteacher.com/‌cgi-bin/‌search.cgi?string=fractions&number=0>.
Description: The ProTeacher website gives advice on effective teaching practices. Through the
search tool in the website, it guides you to specific techniques in your area of interest. When
searching for tips on teaching fractions, this website produced almost one hundred different
suggestions from teachers. There is a large array of technique suggestions for assessment,
teaching, reviewing, and instructing children with learning disabilities. It is easy to access the
information you are looking for. This website opens doors for teachers to talk to one another and
offer helpful suggestions on how to teach different lessons.

10) Webb, BJ. “Fractions.” Kids Online Research. Kids Online Research, 2000. Web. 25 Oct.
2009. <http://www.kidsolr.com/‌math/‌fractions.html>.
Description: This website is a good tool for using to teach fractions. It offers good examples and
a lot of different pictures to show the fractions through. It used cartoons and food item, which are
appealing for children. One thing I did not like about this website it the way that it explained frac
tions and the way to solve equations. On some of the presentations, it just had a bunch of words
on one slide, which can be overwhelming for a child. It did not have a interactive way of learning
fractions and no one verbally explained the directions. The pictures are visually appealing and I c
an use this website when giving examples of fractions rather than using the cliché pie chart that e
veryone has seen.