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Compare and order common unit fractions
Compare and order unit fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 by placing them on a number line
Equipment
Equipment
Outdoor playing area
Post-it notes or fractions cards
Marker cones
Activity set-up
Activity set-up
Students write a fraction, with a certain denominator, on a post-it note. Alternatively, provide students with pre determined fraction cards. Eg. play with halves, quarters, eighths.
Mark a playing area
How to play
How to play
On the whistle, players form groups and order their fractions from smallest to largest.
Teacher calls out a locomotor skill for students to use to move around marked space.
When the whistle is blown, students move to form a group of 4 players and order their fractions from smallest to largest.
Students swap their fraction with someone else in the group and begin moving around the space.
Repeat when the whistle is blown, forming a new group of 4.
Variations
Variations
1 card between 2 students
Use fractions of only one denominator.
Use fractions with varied denominators.
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