For this routine, present your students with a problem. Their task is to come up with an incorrect answer and to share their rationale for how they know the answer is incorrect. 

This video highlights Fraction Talks as an instructional routine that gets students thinking deeply about fractions and provides insight into student thinking. Specifically, it illustrates how the students benefit from working with their peers and how the teacher learns about the students’ understandings from their sharing of their ideas.

In this video, you will see several differentiated instructional methods in action as students engage in collaborative learning with a non-routine but accessible task that accommodates a diverse range of learning levels and needs.