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Model doubling and halving with fractions
Model doubling and halving groups and the relation between the processes
Math workbook
Whistle
Print and cut out doubles playing cards (ensure you print enough copies for there to be one card per student)
Mark a playing area
Players move around a playing area and find a peer with a matching doubles fact.
Teacher gives each student a playing card.
Teacher calls out a locomotor skill for students to use to move around marked space.
When whistle is blown students must move to find a student/s with a matching doubles fact.
Students record doubles fact in their workbook.
Teacher collects playing cards and redistributes to play again, naming different locomotor skills each time.
Play with halving facts
1 card between 2 students