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Red Light, Green Light

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Five friends are playing Red Light, Green Light.

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Eliza is the caller. The diagram below shows how far each player has moved after two turns. How far has each player moved?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

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Eliza is the caller. The diagram below shows how far each player has moved after two turns. How far has each player moved?

Eliza

Start

Finish

Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Let’s think about benchmark fractions.

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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How far has each friend moved after two turns?

How do you know?

Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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Debrief...

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Let’s look at another Red Light, Green Light situation.

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Eliza

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Jess

Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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If each person advances more, where would they be?

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Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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If each person advances more, where would they be?

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Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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If each person advances more, where would they be?

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Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Jess

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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If each person advances more, where would they be?

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Eliza

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Brady

Sam

Jess

Max

Red Light, Green Light

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If each person advances more, where would they be?

Debrief...

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One more Red Light, Green Light situation!

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Red Light, Green Light

Let’s use fraction strips to help us compare.

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Debrief...

Brady

Jess

Max

Sam

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Drag the red circle to mark .

Drag the blue circle to mark .

Drag the green circle to mark .

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Drag the red circle to mark .

Drag the blue circle to mark .

Drag the green circle to mark 1 .

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