Put fractions on the line
Draw a number line from 0 to 1 and have kids fold a paper strip into fourths to mark it. Then ask, "Where does 3/4 live?" Seeing a fraction as a number with its own spot on the line, not just a piece of pie, is the big 3rd grade shift.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
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