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🧮 4th Grade · Math4.NF.A.1Unit 6: Equivalent fractions & comparing

Equivalent fractions with models

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🎯 Objective: Students show equivalent fractions with area models and number lines.

Lesson outline

  1. Fold paper into thirds, then fold again: 1/3 = 2/6 = 4/12.
  2. Shade area models to show equivalence.
  3. Record equivalent pairs.
  4. Exit: two fractions equal to 3/4.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

4.NF.A.1

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 4 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Explain why fractions are equivalent using models and multiplication
  • Compare fractions with different numerators and denominators

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

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More lessons in “Equivalent fractions & comparing”

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  2. Multiply to find equivalents
  3. Benchmark fractions
  4. Common denominators

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