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3rd Grade Math Equivalent Fractions and Number Lines

TEKS 3.3F - represent equivalent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using a variety of objects and pictorial models, including number lines;

Explain

Talk to your partner about these two fractions. Are they equal? How do you know?

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Look

Examine the number line below. What denominator would you use to name each tick mark? How do you know?

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Associate

Talk with your partner about food items or snacks that come in fractions (e.g., graham crackers, Hershey’s bar). See if you can come up with two snacks that are broken up into equivalent fractions and draw them.

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Build

Draw two additional number lines that show fractions equivalent to ½.

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Organize

Sort the representations below and talk to your partner about how you categorized them. See if you can organize them in more than one way.

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Reflect

Talk to your partner about equivalent fractions. What makes two fractions equal if they have different numerators and denominators?

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Analyze

One student says these two fractions are equivalent because they have the same numerator. Her partner disagrees with her. Who is right? Why?

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Try

Draw three equivalent fractions using the rectangles below.

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Extend

Draw ½. Then draw fractions equivalent to ½ that do not have a denominator of 4, 6, or 8.

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PEEPS Conversation Starters

After your partner talks, try using one of these response stems to keep the conversation going:

Paraphrase: "You think that..." or "What I understood you say was that..."

Elaborate: "Tell me more about..." or "What does ___ mean?"

Examples: "A real-world example of this is..." or "You can see an example of this..."

Piggyback: "Another way to think about that is..." or "This reminds me of..."

Synthesize: "We can agree on..." or "The main point of what we learned is..."

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