How do you want your students to describe equivalent fractions? By rote definition memorized from the textbook? Nope! Wouldn't it be great if they used a combination of analogies, examples and counterexamples, as well as everyday language referencing various ways to model equivalence and sprinkled with academic vocabulary?
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Starting with unit fractions or proper fractions in the simplest form, show your students how to multiply those numbers by one to make a row of equivalent fractions.
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