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FLY YOUR FRACTIONS! BEST SELLER

FRACTION KITE
Fraction kite activity,
writing connection,
vocabulary cards,
bulletin board letters

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 WHAT’S INCLUDED
IN THIS RESOURCE
- Fraction Kite Template
- Cloud Recording Sheet
- Fraction Writing Activity
- Vocabulary Word Cards
- Vocabulary Definition Cards
- Giant Bulletin Board Letters

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WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING

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 DIRECTIONS
1. Choose six different colors to
decorate your kite.
2. Color each ribbon with the
corresponding colors used in your kite.
(Teachers - If you would like your
students to use less than six colors,
discard the extra ribbons.)
3. Find the fraction that each color
represents on the kite and write the
fraction on the corresponding ribbon.
4. Cut out the kite template and
ribbons.
5. Tape a string of yarn to the back of
the kite and tape each ribbon onto
the string. I like to have my students
order the fractions from least to
greatest (or G to L) and then I tape
them to the string in that order.

Additional resources to extend this

activity:
• Have students complete the
cloud page (Note: I have
remade the cloud page, so it
looks different from this picture)
• Have students complete the
writing extension page
• Have students use the
vocabulary cards as a match-
up activity to learn the key
vocab for this concept
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Name: _________________________

Fly Your Fractions!

K Color each square with the six colors you used.

Then, write what fraction of the kite each color is.

____ or ______ out of ______

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____ or ______ out of ______

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Name: _________________________

Fly Your Fractions!

Write about your fraction kite. Why did you design it the way you did? Use
vocabulary words like numerator, denominator, part and whole in your writing.

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 fraction numerator

equivalent
denominator
fraction

unit fraction number line

improper
partition
fraction
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 One part of the whole. A
The number that tells how
fraction that has 1 as the
many parts in a group.
numerator.

Two or more fractions that may A number that names a

have different numbers but are part of a whole or group.
the same amount.

The number that tells the A strategy used to place

whole in the group. fractions on a line.

A fraction that is greater

To break up a whole than one. The numerator is
into parts. greater than the
denominator.
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 IDEAS FOR DISPLAYING WORK
- In addition to displaying the students’ kites, you
can also have students cut out their clouds to
post around their kites

- Create giant clouds using white butcher paper

- Alternatively, you can display student writing on

your bulletin and hang the kites around the room
or from the ceiling if allowed

GIANT BULLETIN BOARD LETTERS

(one letter per 8.5 x 11 page)

1. Print on colorful paper

2. Laminate
3. Cut out each letter
4. Post