Community reviews for Visual Fractions

Fractional games were not clear and would definitely confuse elementary students with little to no fraction practice.

Teacher and students determine the pace of the lesson and games. The drop down menu on top helps to choose the fraction skill and model. The interactive boxes for the operations allow everybody to view the operations steps when a lesson is presented or when students practice with guidance. Students can take turns while problems are solved or work individually on their laptops. There is reading support for instructions and procedures. The website might improve if real life word problems were included in it.

I use this site for 5-7 minutes of practice or review for students who need some addition reinforcement with the concept of fractions. I use the find the identify and compare tabls to be the most helpful for this purpose. When students try to draw bar and circle fractions it never works out well because they don't draw them evenly but this site eliminates that problem.

As the review states, the website is rather dated and simple. The graphics are not flashy and could be more interactive. However it is a good start. I appreciate they have linked to Common Core standards. My students liked it a first, but quickly lost interest. I found it is best to use as a quick visual aide during instruction.