Moskowitz post

My students draw some amazing pictures to represent fractions. They use shapes, colors, shading, and numbers in their pictures. Nonetheless, however many times I say that the shape they draw must be divided into equal parts, some students do not do this. Maybe they do not know how to divide a shape into equal parts, or maybe they do not know why. I have said that they need to, I have demonstrated how to draw pictures and divide it equally, and I have told them the reasons why. When they do not do this, their depiction of the fraction is wrong and the equation or problem that incorporates the picture, they will do it wrong. I wish I had focused more on the division of shapes to represent fractions earlier in the lesson or during homework. Now I know that the basics must not be overlooked for future lessons