- How many different ways can you show 6/8 ?
Ask students to work in groups to find as many ways as they can to represent 6/8 . Then ask groups to share their representations adding each to a display. Possible representations include numbers, words, circle pieces, fraction strips, number lines, and drawings.
- How does your drawing show 6/8 ?
- How does your representation show a denominator of 8?
- Show me the unit whole in your representation.
- How many parts are there in all?
- Are the parts equal?
- How does your representation show a numerator of 6?
- Show me another fraction that is equal to 6/8 . How do you know it is equal?
- Are there any others equal to 6/8 ?
Ask groups to find representations in round robin style, with each child in turn showing a different representation of the fraction.
