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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Week 18- Picture Pie Fractions

Last week, at the Blue Ribbon Conference, I attended a session about using art in the general education classroom. When the presenter shared Ed Emberley's Picture Pie, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I ordered both of these books from Amazon and was ready to go!


This is a page inside the 2nd book. It shows students how to cut shapes to make a bulldog. 


So I shared my vision with my math classes and they went to work. I told them I wanted them to create pictures with cut circles and squares. After they made their pictures I asked them to use the pieces to create fractions. I also had them take any mixed numbers they had and convert them to improper fractions, which is what we did this week. 



I was excited about the way they embraced this project and ran with it. Most of them were really excited to be able to do art during math time. :)


Each of them put their own spin on the project, which is exactly what I wanted them to do!



The most challenging part for them was writing the fractions after their pictures were finished. I reminded them that I wanted them to use fractional pieces somewhere in the picture because this would be a 1st grade project if we just used whole numbers. The picture above used fractional pieces but when adding them all she ended up with whole numbers. So this student added a little more to her art project to end up with fractions!



The kids are still working on these projects but these are a few finished ones. I love how they each made something to reflect themselves!

STUDENTS: Did you like the Picture Pie art project during math? What was the best part of the project? What was the most challenging? Explain why.






3 comments:

  1. my turtle is comming together i got the idea from the book. then i got started on the books directions then i went by what looked right useing circles & squares
    emily

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  2. I liked the project! The best part was that we get to learn and have fun at the same time. The challenging part was making the really tiny circle pieces.
    Sophia

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  3. I love the picture pie project. It is a good way to combine art and math. The best part of the project was when I decided what I wanted to do. The most challenging part was making all the shapes.

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