1. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat one half of a cookie, it is written.

2. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat one half of a cookie, it is written. The top number, 1, represents how much I ate (1 piece or 1 part).

3. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat one half of a cookie, it is written. The bottom number, 2, represents how many equal pieces, or equal parts are in the WHOLE cookie.

4. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat?

5. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? Draw your fraction bar, or the line in between the top and bottom numbers of your fraction.

6. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? Remember, the top number tells how many equal parts are being counted (or you are going to eat!!). So the top number is 1.

7. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? Remember, the top number tells how many equal parts are being counted (or you are going to eat!!). So the top number is 1.

8. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? The bottom number tells you how many equal parts (or pieces of brownie) there are in the WHOLE brownie. There are 3.

9. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? The bottom number tells you how many equal parts (or pieces of brownie) there are in the WHOLE brownie. There are 3.

10. What do the top and bottom numbers of a fraction tell? If I eat 1 piece of the brownie below (shown in darker brown), how much do I eat? So you eat of the brownie.

11. Your Turn: Write the fraction and how you say it on a dry-erase board. ModelFraction How do you say it? One-fourth One-sixth One-half One-third One-eighth

12. Your Turn: Draw it on your dry-erase board.

19. Your Turn Complete #12-23 on pages 317 and 318.

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