Beyond Pizzas & PiesChapters 7 & 8

Reflections

Please take a moment to reflect on your reading for chapters 7 and 8.

Turn and talk to a partner about your thoughts.

Share out thoughts, reflections and comments about the reading.

What number am I? I am a number between and 2.

I am closer to 2 than .

I am exactly away from 2.

What number am I?

Which fraction is larger?

Which fraction representation works

best?

Area Model: circle

Area Model: rectangle

Set Model

Number Line

Measure

Area model: circle or rectangle, Set model, Number line, Measure

Marlina bought 32 inches of

butcher paper for her project. She

used inches of the paper. How

much paper did she have left?

Area model: circle or rectangle, Set model, Number line, Measure

Ingrid planted a garden. In the garden, ½ of the rows are tomatoes, ¼ of the rows are green beans, and the rest of the rows are lettuce. What fraction of the rows in the garden are lettuce?

Area model: circle or rectangle, Set model, Number line, Measure

Is the equation

true or false?

Defend your answer.

Area model: circle or rectangle, Set model, Number line, Measure

If a friend offered you of a big cookie or

of a big cookie and you want the

greatest possible amount of cookie, which

fraction of the cookie would you select?

Area model: circle or rectangle, Set model, Number line, Measure

Martha spent hours reading on

Saturday. She spent of an hour

reading on Sunday. How many hours

did she spend reading this weekend?

Cuisenaire Rods

Take a set of Cuisenaire Rods and get ready to problem solve with a partner!

True or False?

Light green is of brown.

Red is of dark green.

Yellow is of (orange + orange).

Purple is of (orange + dark green).

Red is of (orange + yellow).

Fill in the Missing Part

1/4 of (orange + dark green) = ???

1/5 of ??? = red

1/2 of (orange + brown) = ???

1/9 of ??? = white

1/10 of (orange + orange) = ???

Fill in the Missing Fraction

3 whites/beige = ??? of black

5 light greens = ??? of (orange + brown)

3 dark greens = ??? of (2 orange + purple)

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