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Features

  • Two quick questions a ticket
  • An "I can" line and three faces for students to rate themselves
  • Shade a strip to match, and write two fractions for an area model
  • Name a point in eighths on a number line labeled in fourths
  • Find missing numbers and circle the fractions equal to a given one
  • Write whole numbers as fractions, and compare with the same denominator or the same numerator
  • Compare in a story, and decide if two different wholes have the same amount shaded
  • Ticket 10.8 (benchmark fractions) is for Virginia
  • Answer keys for every ticket

Skills Covered

  • Equivalent fractions with strips and area models
  • Equivalent fractions on a number line
  • Find and write equivalent fractions
  • Whole numbers as fractions
  • Compare fractions with the same denominator
  • Compare fractions with the same numerator
  • Compare fractions in stories: the same whole
  • Benchmark fractions: 0, 1/2 and 1

How to Use This Pack

Eight exit tickets, one for each lesson of the 3rd grade unit on equivalent and comparing fractions, in lesson order. Each page holds one lesson's ticket four times: copy the page, cut on the dashed lines, and seven copies give a class of 28 a ticket each. A ticket takes a few minutes at the end of the lesson. Students answer two short questions, then circle a face beside the lesson's "I can" line to show how sure they feel.

In the Classroom

Hand out the tickets in the last five minutes of the lesson and collect them at the door. Sort them into three piles (got it, almost, not yet) to plan tomorrow's small groups. On ticket 10.7 the pans are different sizes, so the same fraction is not the same amount: listen for students who say why. Ticket 10.8 (benchmark fractions) is for Virginia; skip it if your class does not learn it. The unit test is a separate pack.

At Home

Use a ticket as a quick check after practicing a skill together. Cut two paper strips the same length, fold one into fourths and one into eighths, and ask your child to show you which parts are the same size.

Tips for Success

  • Line up fraction strips at the left edge before comparing
  • Same denominator: more parts of the same size is more
  • Same numerator: the bigger parts make the bigger fraction
  • Ask "Are the wholes the same size?" before comparing in a story
  • Keep the tickets for each lesson to see who has caught up

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 3.NF.A.2a Mark 1/b on a number line by splitting the space from 0 to 1 into b equal parts; the first part ends at 1/b.
  • 3.NF.A.2b Place a/b on a number line by counting a jumps of size 1/b from 0; where the jumps end is a/b.
  • 3.NF.A.3a Know that two fractions are equal when they cover the same amount of a whole or land at the same spot on a number line.
  • 3.NF.A.3b Find and make simple equal fractions, such as 3/6 = 1/2, and use a picture or model to show why they match.
  • 3.NF.A.3c Show a whole number in fraction form and notice when a fraction names a whole number, such as 2 = 2/1 or 8/4 = 2.
  • 3.NF.A.3d Compare fractions of the same whole that have equal numerators or equal denominators, thinking about part size; record with >, = or < and explain.
  • 4.NF.A.2 Compare fractions with different numerators and denominators using common denominators or numerators, or a benchmark like 1/2; record with >, = or < and explain.

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3rd Grade Equivalent and Comparing Fractions Exit Tickets

Exit tickets for every lesson of a unit on equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. Each page holds one ticket four times to cut apart, with questions on equal fractions with strips, area models and number lines, whole numbers as fractions, and comparing fractions on their own and in stories.

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What’s Included

  • 8 exit tickets, one for each lesson of the unit
  • Each ticket four times on its page, to copy and cut apart
  • An "I can" line with three faces on every ticket
  • Answer keys for every ticket (16 pages in all)
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