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Instead, I've used the pizzas themselves as manipulatives for lessons to have students explore fractions -- especially why the denominator stays the same when you add.
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Colorful pieces, sturdy box, and of course, pizza is always appealing to the elementary school set!
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The pizzas look very realistic.
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The finish of the pieces wipes clean so we can even play it at home while eating real pizza and not worry about damaging it.
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My students love making pizzas
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Who doesn't love pizza, right
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What kid doesn't love pizza
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Kids love pizza and to associate it with fractions--why not!
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They like the pizzas.
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The only reason I did not give this item five stars is this: although the pizzas come neatly packaged and perforated, once you break them apart to use for play, it's nearly impossible to fit them back in the box right.
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Who doesn't love pizza, right
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I home school my third grade 8 year old son, and we are just beginning fractions/multiplications etc., and he absolutely LOVES pizza,
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(problem solving with multiples of fractions)One topping pizza (problem solving with equivalencies to make a whole)Pizza tossing contest (practicing with equivalents)Every way you slice it (manipulating equivalent fractions)Pizza slice-up (adding and subtracting fractions)The box contains:13 pizzas cut into 64 full-color double-sided pizza pieces3 doubles-sided spinnersAn
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:-)This is a very good manipulative game to give more mass (hands-on) to the fraction concept, as well as being playable and expandable to multiple levels