Intro to Decimal Fractions

Psst . . . I have a secret. I am a second generation teacher, and this presentation was actually made by my amazing Mom! This presentation does a great job of illustrating that decimals ARE fractions, and encourages students to transfer all of their knowledge about other fractions to decimal fractions. You can help students develop this understanding of fractions by pronouncing (for example) 0.2 as "two tenths" instead of "point two".

This presentation features KP Ten-Frame Tiles. KP tiles work better than place value blocks because they show students that one ten has ten ones inside it. Even better, they are produced by a small business run by some of the nicest people you will ever meet. If your students have trouble with place value, you need these!