Station: Cuisenaire Rods
Before you begin this activity take a moment to read p. 8 of your booklet.
½ of the red block?
White block
Working with a partner, can you use the rods to represent
¼ofhalves?
the brown block
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Cuisenaire Rods Task Card
Red block
quarters?
1/3
the blue block?
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the answers
to the following questions?
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Compose three questions to ask the other pairs in your group.
Strand:
Number
Strand unit:
Fractions
Objective:
Find, compare, order, count and identify fractions and equivalent fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10.
Skill:
Applying & problem solving; Communicating & Expressing; Integrating & Connecting; Reasoning;
Implementing, Understanding & Recalling
Answers: Cuisenaire Rods Task Card
½ of the red block?
White block
¼ of the brown block
Red block
1/3 of the blue block?
Lime green block
1/5 of the orange block?
Red block
2/3 if the dark green block is one Purple block
whole unit?
3/2 if the dark green rod is one
whole unit?
Blue Rod
1 unit, if the brown block is 4/3? Dark green block
Station: Geoboards & Dotted
Paper
Working with a partner and a geoboard, how many ways can you
find to divide your geoboard into fifths? Record your results on
dotted paper.
Explain how you did it. What do you notice?
Take note of the questions you, as the teacher, would ask to prompt
mathematical thinking in your pupils as they engage in this activity.
Strand:
Number
Strand unit:
Fractions
Objective:
Compare, order, count and identify fractions and equivalent fractions with denominators
3, 5, 6, 9, 12
Skill:
Applying & problem solving; Communicating & Expressing; Integrating & Connecting; Reasoning;
Implementing
Station: The Hundredth Wheel
Before you begin this activity take a moment to read p. 9 of your booklet.
Working with a partner, can you show the following on the Hundredth Wheel:
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Halves
One Quarter
Two Thirds
3/10 in Yellow. What fraction is shown by the other colour?
1/10 in Yellow. What fraction do you need to complete the wheel?
40/100 in Green. Write this using a decimal point.
5/10 in Green. Represent this fraction on an empty number line.
Compose three questions to ask the other pairs in your group.
Can you order and record
your answers on an empty
number line? Explain your
answer. Did anyone do it a
different way?
Strand:
Number
Strand unit:
Fractions
Objective:
Compare, order, count and Identify fractions and equivalent fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Skill:
Applying & problem solving; Communicating & Expressing; Integrating & Connecting; Reasoning;
Implementing, Understanding & Recalling
Station: Paper Strips Fractions
Working with a partner and 4 equal-length strips of paper, can you
1
1
1
2
4
8
represent 1 whole on one strip, s on one strip, s on another strip,
on another on the final strip?
Order your fractions from smallest to largest. What do you notice?
Take note of the questions you, as the teacher, would ask to prompt
mathematical thinking in your pupils as they engage in this activity.
Strand:
Number
Strand unit:
Fractions
Objectives:
Find, compare, order, count and identify fractions and equivalent fractions with denominators 2, 4, 8, 10.
Skills:
Applying & problem solving; Communicating & Expressing; Integrating & Connecting; Reasoning; Implementing,
Understanding & Recalling
Station: Set Model
Working with your partner, sort your set for a particular property e.g. colour, type, size etc. Record your findings for the followng
questions.
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We will need to tidy our
material away soon. How
many different ways can
we record what we
discovered?
What is the largest subset in your set?
What is the smallest subset in your set?
What fraction of your set is blue/red/yellow?
What fraction of your set is blue and red together? Represent your answer on an empty number line.
If half of my set is 6/8/10, how many objects are in my total set?
If quarter of my set is 2/3/4, how many objects are in my total set?
What do you notice about the numerator and denominator in each of your answers?
Compose three questions to ask the other pairs in your group.
Strand:
Number
Strand unit:
Fractions
Objective:
Find, compare, order, count and identify fractions and equivalent fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10.
Skill:
Applying & problem solving; Communicating & Expressing; Integrating & Connecting; Reasoning;
Implementing, Understanding & Recalling