Materials paper and pencil
 Two or more fractions that name the same amount are called equivalent fractions You can use a sheet of paper to model fractions equivalent to 1/2.
 A. First fold a piece of paper into two equal parts. Open the paper and count the parts.
 There are __equal parts. Each part is __of the paper.
 Shade one of the halves. Write 1/2 on each of the halves.
 B. Next. fold in half two times. Open the paper.
 Now there are __equal parts. Each part is __ of the paper.
 Write 1/4 on each of the fourths.
 Look at all the shaded parts. 1/2= /
 C. Last fold the paper in half three times
 Now there are __equal parts ach part is __ of the paper.
 Write 1/8 on each of the eighths
 Find the fraction equivalent to 1/2 on your paper.
 So, 1/2, __, and __ are equivalent.