Creating Fractions
Identify the symbols for halves, quarters, thirds, fifths, and tenths including fractions greater than 1.
Identify symbols for any fraction, including tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and those greater than 1.
Find equivalent fractions and order fractions.
Number Framework Stages 5 - 7.
Rubber Bands
Fractions on Geoboards (Material Master 4-20)
Activity
Get the students to fold a piece of paper a number of times and name the unit fractions created after each fold: halves, quarters, and eighths.
Activity
Get the students to create halves, quarters, and eighths on a geoboard in as many different ways as they can. For example, all of these geoboards show halves:
All of these geoboards show quarters:
Once they have created the fractions on geoboards, the students can record them on geoboard sheets.
Extension Activity
Draw different-sized geoboards using dots on squared paper and show fractions on them. For example, draw an 8 x 3 dotted geoboard and show sixths on it.