Fractions
Fraction teaching aids
Use fraction circles or bars to discuss equal parts, unit fractions and different names for the same amount.
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Identify and shade visual fractions
Read a fraction from a partitioned shape or shade equal parts to represent a stated fraction.
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For a shaded model, count all equal parts and then the shaded parts. For a stated fraction, use the denominator to identify the partitions and shade the number named by the numerator. Different shading placements can represent the same amount.
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Connect fraction notation to the number of equal parts selected from a whole.
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How can you show 3/5 on a rectangle divided into five equal parts?
Shade any three of the five equal parts.
Each part is one-fifth of the rectangle. Three such parts total 3/5 regardless of their positions; the parts must remain equal in area.
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- Ask the learner to identify the whole before counting shaded pieces.
- Compare two valid shading arrangements to separate quantity from visual pattern.
- Alternate identifying and shading only after each response type is understood on its own.
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