🌼 Fraction Match-Up

Focus: Naming fractions and identifying equivalent fractions

Theme: Patterns, representation, and number sense

Materials:

  • Paper

  • Markers

  • Optional: Scissors

Instructions:

  1. 📏 Fold pieces of paper into halves, quarters, and eighths.

  2. 🧩 Stack or align pieces to compare sizes.

  3. 🔄 Discover which pieces cover the same space.

  4. 🏷️ Write fraction names and symbols on each folded segment of paper.

Discussion Questions

  • How many quarters make a half?

  • Why do these look different but mean the same thing?

Optional Extensions

  1. 🧱 Build a Fraction Wall: Arrange strips into a vertical fraction wall.

  2. 🔤 Words & Symbols: Match fraction words to symbols.

  3. 🎯 Guess & Check: Predict equivalence before testing it.