This activity can be used to teach or review the skill described below for the Virginia Standards of Learning for Third Grade: 3.2 The student will: b) represent fractions and mixed numbers, with models and symbols; Using a model of a fraction greater than one, count the fractional parts to name and write it as an improper fraction and as a mixed number. (b)Students need opportunities to use models to count fractional parts that go beyond a whole. For instance, if students are counting five sl