Episode Details

Let's keep talking fractions! In this episode Pam and Kim discuss an interesting rich task from Cathy Fosnot to help students reason about fractions within the context of sharing fairly. Listen in to learn about the outcomes teachers should look for when teaching fractional sense in a rich contextual problem.
Talking Points:

• Splitting the wholes into unit fractions 
• Splitting the leftovers into smaller unit fractions and re-unitizing
• Patterns when comparing same-denominator fractions vs same-numerator fractions

See Ep 103 for more discussion on Rich Tasks

Additional Sources:  Field Trips and Fund-Raisers