Hershey’s Bar Fractions is a timeless lesson that teaches conceptual understanding of unit fractions, and their equivalent fractions. 3rd grade CCSS math standards in the Numbers and Operations-Fractions domain (3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.3.A, 3.NF.A.3.B) are covered in this lesson through discovery, a real life example, vocabulary, practice with visuals, review, and written reflections.
Students learn that 1/2 is more than 1/12. Students learn equivalent fractions, such as 1/3 is equivalent to 4/12. Th