Identifying Fractions Using Tennis and 4 Square Courts

This week we asked the students to identify what 1/2 and 1/4 on the tennis court and 4 square court respectively by having them first draw the courts and then shade in 1/2 and 1/4. We took it a step further by drawing 1/2 and 1/4 on the courts in chalk. For 3rd-5th we talked about adding the fractions. We also drew a circle on the ground in the middle of the 4 square court and identified the 90 degree angles. We pointed out the real world applications of navigation, mapping. For another real life application of navigation we used the google sky map app to let the students view where the planets were located.