November 2016, Vol. 23, Issue 4
Paper Plate Fractions: The Counting Connection
Ann McCoy, Joann Barnett, and Tammy Stine
Try an activity that was designed to help third graders organize their thinking about rational number notation by connecting to well-established, whole-number routines.
“Does the three go on the top or the bottom?”
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