Fractions & Decimals Doodle Notes | Writing a Decimal as a Fraction

Converting between Fractions and Decimals: 2 page visual "doodle notes" set -

When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:

- new learning

- relaxation (less math anxiety)

- visual connections

- better memory & retention of the content!

Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Graphic doodle and sketch notes take full advantage of Dual Coding Theory (the way brains process visual and linguistic information) to maximize retention.

Content includes:

- visual memory triggers for repeating vs. terminating decimals

- how to write a fraction as a decimal by dividing

- how to write a decimal as a fraction by reading it aloud, then simplifying

- working with repeating decimals

- converting mixed numbers to decimals

- graphic reminders to build retention

- interactive examples

Each of the two pages can be a stand-alone lesson, but once students have learned to convert both ways, they can lay them side-by-side or create a poster with both sheets together to represent the whole picture. The arrows then create a cycle showing how to convert back and forth between decimals and fractions in both directions.

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Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory.  When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.

This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!

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