4th Grade Fractions Flipchart

ScreenshotFourth graders at Davis Elementary have been preparing for the upcoming SOL tests. Some of the questions are what is called TEI, or Technology Enhanced Items. They have been practicing these types of questions using pre-made Promethean flipcharts. Today I wanted to show students in Ms. White’s class how they could make their own TEI samples for each other to solve. I only had 30 minutes, so it was a quick lesson. Our goal was to create a fraction question where the user would have to click on some shapes to change their color so that picture represented a fraction. We opened a blank flipchart and then added a shape of their choice. I showed them how to change the color and outline of the shape. We also gave it a name in the Properties Browser (like “circle1”). Next they made as many copies of the shape as they wanted (less than 10 though). Now it was time to put identical shapes of a different color on top. So we made another copy of the shape, changed its color, duplicated it, and placed the duplicates on top of the first shapes. Adding the interactive part was a little trickier. The students had to go to the Actions browser and find the “Hidden” action. They added this action to each of the top shapes, making the Target the shape itself so that when it was clicked it would become “hidden” revealing the shape below. Finally, they added a text box and typed a question to solve, such as “Click the shapes to show 2/5 orange and 3/5 yellow.” You can download a sample flipchart by clicking here.