Fractions+Using+Legos

Fractions Using Legos
Activity Type: fractions Grade: 3 Group Size: any Length: varies Materials: Lego: blue, red, yellow, etc Goal: fractions

What to do 1. Build a stack of 1 red and 3 yellow Legos. What fraction would this be? 2. Talk about the fraction words numerator and denominator. 3. Continue building different combinations of Legos and asking what fraction would they be. 4. Maybe a stack of two blue and two red Lego's. 5. When talking about fractions this would be 2/4. 6. Then build another stack of Legos, this time using 5 yellow and 8 blue. What fraction would this be?

Follow-up Activities Have each person build a model. Ask what fraction would each color be?