The student communicates with an expanding range of audiences. Put student into cooperative groups of four. Give each group two sets of fraction circles, They need paper and pencil. Teacher draws a card from a set of twenty labeled cards. Have the students write down the fraction on their papers.
Teacher rolls the number cube or spins the spinner.
Each group determines if an equivalent fraction can be written using the denominator shown on the cube. All groups use their fraction circles to verify the response. Continue until each group has done at least one fraction. If time permits, two cooperative groups can explore equivalent fractions using this process. Pass out a set of cards and a cube or spinner to use.