Trig Addendum: Modified Radian Fraction Cutouts

Read about the awesomeness that is Radian Fraction Cutouts in Shireen’s original post (and my implementation). After using them in Algebra II last year, I made one little modification that made them even better (one of last year’s students that I have again even said so!):

unit circle fraction cutouts dotted

File here.  The secret? Cut only on the dotted lines!!!  So easy to see the whole enchilada (or em”pi”nada as Shireen also says) divided up into sixths, thirds, fourths, etc, then seeing if you add one, take one away from one, or take one away from two.

Comments I heard from the first class I showed it to (the others will see it tomorrow):

“This is so easy!”

“OH THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE NOW!”

“Why did no one teach it this way earlier?”

“These are really great!”

[In response to another Ss question about 7pi/6]: “Use your cutouts!!”

Not one person wanted to convert radians to degrees!  Woot woot!!!!!

Timing wise: In one 53 minute class, we cut them out, made a pocket (fold a half sheet into thirds [like a letter] and tape down the sides to the back of the NTM, leaving the top flap untaped), talked about degrees, talked about radians, and finished the front of this notetakermaker. The back has more practice that they had for homework:

degree radian WSFile here

DO NOT LET THEM LABEL THE UNIT CIRCLE!!!  Otherwise they won’t have to work at any of the rest of the worksheet. 🙂

And since it is the first day all week that I’m finished will all my homework before 9:00, I’m going to go read a real book!  That’s not about math! Or teaching! Take that, SCHOOL!!!!!

2 comments on “Trig Addendum: Modified Radian Fraction Cutouts

  1. Do you have any pictures? I’m not understanding what you mean about cutting only on the dotted lines.

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