Build and Shade Fractions
Fractions
Read the numerator and denominator
Big idea
The denominator tells the number of equal parts. The numerator tells how many parts are shaded.
Build this fraction
34
Step 1
How many equal parts make the whole?
Step 2
How many parts will you shade?
First identify the denominator.
Your model
The whole starts as one piece.
1 whole
1 whole
Not divided yet0 parts shaded
Read the fraction, build the whole, and shade its parts.