• Students will identify simple fractions (one half, one third, one fourth) using models and will explore the concept of a fraction as a "fair share".

Activity - Sorting Fractions

Materials

• Fraction cards with pictures illustrating halves, thirds, and fourths.

• Provide children with a set of fraction cards. Ask them
  to sort the fractions into piles:
  
  Halves
  
  Thirds
  
  Fourths.

Assessment Tips from Old Tom the Turtle

• Observe students as they sort.

• Do they:
  
  use appropriate language to describe the fractions?