Here are some Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame: Suppose you have an apple and you split it evenly with a friend so that you get half and your friend gets half. Then you take your piece and cut that in half. You eat those two pieces. Have you still eaten half of an apple? What other fraction could describe how much apple you have eaten? What equivalent fractions did you work with?
Focus: As you watch this video segment, notice how Digit gets the Healing Stone and immediately breaks it up into four equal pieces, or fourths. This is a problem because they need 2/8, not 2/4 of the stone. What does Matt do about this?
Follow Up: What kind of equivalent fractions did Matt use to figure out how much of the Healing Stone they needed for the antidote? Digit sees what Matt does and says, "The same amount has different names." What was he talking about? Can you think of two other fractions that are equivalent amounts but have different names?