Fraction wall
One whole, then the same width cut into halves, thirds, quarters, and on down to twelfths. Because every row is the same length, a child can see which fractions are equal instead of being told.
Reference chart
Fraction wall
What's on this chart
A fraction wall turns the hardest early idea — that 1/2 and 2/4 and 3/6 are the same amount — into something you look at rather than memorize. Line a finger down the wall and the cells that end at the same place are equal, so equivalence and comparison stop being rules and become a picture.
Why this chart helps
The rows go to twelfths because that covers the denominators most fraction work uses, and the widths make the surprises visible: a child who expects 1/8 to be big because eight is big can see it is one of the smallest pieces on the page. Read across a row to count how many parts make the whole; read down a column to find equal fractions.
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