Fairplains Elementary third-grader Railyn Satow puts together a cookie mix using fractions during the eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show at the school. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

PARKERSBURG — Third-graders at Fairplains Elementary School are being taught how to apply fractions to making holiday cookies.

The eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show was held Tuesday at Fairplains where third-graders, their families and volunteers prepared a cookie recipe using fractions they had learned in class.

Students, with the help of their family members and volunteers, measured ingredients into a glass jar, which they took home to complete, bake and share with their families and friends. Each jar of mix includes instructions on how to get the mix together and baked into cookies.

Wood County Schools School-Family Liaison Jody Carder-Hamilton showed families examples of what the students were working on in class.

“They are using fractions to make this cookie mix in a jar,” she said of the students. “They will get to see how fractions work in action to make something and create something.

Third-graders at Fairplains Elementary School in Parkersburg put together a holiday cookie mix with family and others using fractions they have been learning in class. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

“It is a Christmas tradition here that spreads a little holiday cheer.”

Third-grade teacher Amanda Sponseller said students are learning fractions for the first time in third-grade.

“We celebrate and put everything into practice by doing cookies in a jar, by applying fractions and using measurements,” she said. “Then they will have a treat they can take home.

“It is also a fun time students have with their families where they can bond.”

The students are applying what they have learned about fractions and seeing it is not just something they do in the classroom, Sponseller said. It is something they can use in their everyday life.

Fairplains Elementary third-grader Myla Carpenter and her mother Brianna measure out ingredients for a cooking mix using fractions the third grade has been learning during the eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show at the school. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

Many of the families enjoyed the chance to come and see what their kids were learning.

Nikki Prunty, who helped her son Daniel with his mix, said it meant a lot to be able to do this.

“It means a lot for me to be able to help him out,” she said. “I am able to see how he does math and to be able to do these different things with him.”

Brianna Carpenter, who was helping her daughter Myla with her mix, said she was glad to be able to come and participate in doing this activity with her. She gets to see her child using math and applying it in a real world situation.

“It means a lot, because she still wants me to be here,” she said.

Fairplains Elementary third-grader Malichi Davis prepares a cookie mix using fractions students have been learning at school during the eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show that was Tuesday at the school. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

Myla said she also had a lot of fun.

“I like to bake and spend time in the kitchen,” she said.

Third-grader Malichi Davis said he had fun and this was a part of his first time putting something together to bake. He also was able to get a couple bites in of the chocolate chips and the M&M candies.

“It was so good to eat,” Davis said. “I can’t wait to eat the cookies.”

He is planning to save at least one of the cookies he will make with the mix for a special visitor on Christmas Eve.

Teacher Hannah Schlicher watches Fairplains Elementary third-grader Khaleesi Cross measure out the ingredients for a cookie mix recipe Tuesday using fractions they are learning in class during the eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show at the school. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

“I am going to give Santa a cookie,” he said.

Fairplains Elementary third-grader Avery Cale packs the ingredients for a cookie mix into a jar as her grandmother Kathy Cale looks on. The school’s eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show was held Tuesday. Students used fractions they have been learning in class and applied them to doing recipe measurements. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

Fairplains Elementary third-grader Daniel Prunty stirs ingredients for a cookie mix students were putting together using fractions they have learned while his mother Nikki Prunty helps. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

Fairplains Elementary third-graders, their families and volunteers gathered at the school Tuesday for the eighth annual Fractions Cooking Show. Students put together a cookie mix using fractions they have been learning in class with the help of family and the volunteers. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)