1) Select at least one fair-sharing fractions problem and plan when you will attempt it with your class or a small group of students. You may choose to select a problem from below, to create your own, or to use a task from another resource (either as is or adapted to your purpose).

2) Use the task that you have selected to conduct interviews with several students to examine their thinking and strategies for the problem. For more information on interviews with students, watch examples of interviews with students, [Read transcript here], and/or read a summary about clinical interviews. We recommend that you take notes and write a reflection on what happens during the student interviews.

3) Share your reflection in the discussion forum.

Discussion: Share your progress, ask your questions.  Your discussion can include:

• The problems you used with your students.

• Strategies your students used to solve each problem, including the understandings, confusions and misconceptions they showed in their work and in your interviews

4) Provide feedback on one or more of your colleagues' reflections. (Additional Guidance for Providing Feedback)

[Read the reflections of your colleagues. Did you encounter common or differing student misconceptions and strategies? What elements from your activities/interviews might strengthen those of your colleagues? Likewise, what can you draw from their activities/interview in order to strengthen your own?]

Sample fair sharing tasks:

Single continuous whole (used with Myles)	Multiple continuous wholes (used with Kira)	Collection of discrete objects (not easily split)
At a party, you cut one cake to share fairly among three people. How much does each person get? Show and explain your thinking.	At a party, you now have two cakes to share fairly among eight people. Five people ate their shares of the cakes. Show in the figure the part of the cake eaten. How much cake was eaten?	You have ten marbles and five friends to share them with. How much of the collection does each friend get?
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Alternative Project: To stay on pace to complete your project in time to receive feedback from your colleagues, we recommend that you complete the following over the course of this unit:

1) Download and save with a new name the Alternative Project Proposal Form.  Complete the form by describing your project's rationale, goals, planned content, and development schedule.

2) Share your proposal in the discussion forum either by pasting the information directly into the text box or uploading it. (We recommend pasting the content, as it allows your colleagues to review the content without downloading your form.)

3) Provide feedback on one or more of your colleagues' project ideas. (Additional Guidance for Providing Feedback)

[Review the project elements submitted by your colleagues.  Does the project submission align with the context and purpose provided?  What might strengthen the project?  Are there additional considerations that might make it more robust? What can you draw from their project that may strengthen your own?]

Once you have clicked on a discussion topic, you will have the option to select a discussion area based on the first letter of your state (if you live in the US) or country (if you are joining us from outside of the US).