Easy to Teach Comparing Fractions Activity
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Do you love BOOM Cards? I do! I love how easy they are to use and how much fun students have while they are learning. BOOM Cards are interactive, with fun sounds and images. You will love all the practice your students get with comparing fractions using both number lines and fraction bars. Plus, these BOOM Cards will give you great data on how your students are doing – and you don’t have to grade a thing!
These BOOM Cards have a fun winter theme – perfect for December or January. Students will drag and drop and fill in the blank as they deepen their understanding of comparing fractions to benchmarks like 1/2 and 1 whole.
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What is Included in This Comparing Fractions Resource?
This resource includes a pdf with a link to access the Comparing Fractions BOOM Cards. The BOOM Cards include 17 slides. After the title slide, there is a slide with instruction and review to help students do well with the slide deck. The slides include drag and drop and fill in the blank questions comparing fractions to benchmarks with number lines and fraction bars. And everything is self-grading!
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Why Use BOOM Cards?
There are so many benefits of using BOOM Cards in your classroom. First, BOOM Cards are interactive and colorful. Students are involved in their learning, and active. You don’t have to worry about paying for color printing or color cardstock – BOOM Cards have plenty of colors and sounds. In this set, colorful fraction bars provide supports for students as they are comparing the fractions. As you can see in this sample slide, the colors of the fraction bars are eye catching, and also a support to help students learn and compare more easily!
BOOM Cards are also no prep. Once you purchase this set, all you need to do is assign them and watch your students engage and learn! Once students finish, they get immediate feedback, and you get the data. You will know what each student understands about comparing fractions and where you can support them going forward.
And BOOM Cards are versatile. You can use them for differentiation, for morning work, for homework, for extra practice or extension…. BOOM Cards are so easy to use – once you get started you will find so many ways to bring them into your classroom!
What Do Other Teachers Say About These BOOM Cards?
“I LOVE LOVE LOVE that this deck starts with guided learning! It gave my struggling students additional guidance and my stronger students a quick review! This was a perfect station for my 5th graders!”
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“This was a great to help with benchmark fractions, which is a difficult skill for fourth graders. Thank you!”
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This post was updated August 14, 2025.
