Day 2

• Think about all the people in the room. What fraction are wearing glasses? Write that fraction. Write the fraction of people who are not wearing glasses.
• Think about the people at the front board. What fraction are wearing glasses? Write that fraction.
• Think about the people at the side board. What fraction are wearing glasses? Write that fraction.
• Repeat until everyone can write a fraction easily, asking for the fraction of people wearing shorts, wearing skirts, wearing black, or wearing watches, etc. Ask the question of the whole room, and then of one or more smaller groups of students (for example, front board and side board), so that the denominators are not the same all the time. Sometimes include yourself, sometimes not, for example, "What fraction of the people in the room are wearing glasses? What fraction of the students are wearing glasses?"
• Suppose there were six pieces of pizza left after the party, and half had mushrooms on them. Write a fraction with 6 on the bottom that shows the fraction of pieces that had mushrooms. Correct. 3/6 is equivalent to 1/2.
• Write five other fractions equivalent to 1/2.
• I’ll give you three fractions, 1/6, 1/2 and 1/100. Write them in order from smallest to largest. If you like, draw some diagrams or use the math tools.
• I’ll give you three fractions, 5/8, 1/8 and 3/8. Write them in order from smallest to largest. If you like, draw some diagrams or use the math tools.
• Thanks. You may sit down.

Day 3

• Think about the people in this room. What fraction of the women are wearing black shoes today?
• What fraction of the men are wearing black shoes today?
• What fraction of the students are wearing black shoes today?
• Repeat until everyone can write a fraction easily, asking for the fraction wearing shorts, wearing skirts, wearing black, or wearing watches, etc. Ask the question of the whole room, and then of one or more smaller groups of students, so that the denominators are not the same all the time.
• Write five fractions equivalent to 1/2.
• I'll give you five fractions, 1/6, 1/2, 1/4, 1/12 and 1/100. Write them in order from smallest to largest. If you like, draw some diagrams or use the math tools.
• I'll give you four fractions, 4/7, 3/7, 1/7 and 7/7. Write them in order from smallest to largest. If you like, draw some diagrams or use the math tools.
• (Use this question after you have taught a process for generating equivalent fractions.) Write a fraction equivalent to 1/2 with a bottom number of 4. (Write the question up in the usual way so that people can see it. 1/2 = /4). Continue with a few more: 1/4 = /8; 3/4 = /8; 1/3 = /6; 2/3 = /6.
• Thanks, you can sit down.