"Let's make it fair!" says Mae. Model that equal shares with different names can be worth the very same amount — equivalent fractions. Using a damper strip, show that one half covers exactly the same length as two quarters: 1/2 = 2/4.
Then count by quarters along a number line — 0, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 — and mark a mixed number like 1 1/2, showing it sits halfway between 1 and 2.
Together 1. Fill in: 1/2 = □/6 and 2/3 = □/6 using the strips.
Together 2. Count by quarters from 0 to 2 along a number line, naming each point.
Together 3. Mae shares one damper into thirds, Pip shares an equal damper into sixths. How many sixths equal two-thirds?
Students complete "Sharing Fairly: Equivalent Fractions". The support version colours and compares strips; the extension version compares fractions by converting to twelfths and places mixed numbers on a number line. Have fraction strips on hand for students who need to see the equivalence physically.