Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe
the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the
phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of,
or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing
into more equal shares creates smaller shares.
| Name |
Description |
| It's a Piece of Cake...and Pizza | This lesson focuses only on partitioning circles and rectangles into two equal-sized parts, naming the parts with the word half/halves. Students will be partitioning paper pizzas and cakes to learn the concepts and then building pizzas through a game. |
| Equal Shares at the Zoo? Who Knew! | In this lesson, students will be partitioning shapes into halves and fourths. The class will get a letter from a zoo requesting their help in solving some problems with designing the layout of animal enclosures. |
| Halves and Quarters of Circles | In this lesson, students will learn how to partition circles into halves and quarters/fourths and examine how partitioning a circle into more equal shares creates smaller shares. |
| Pizza Anyone? Exploring Halves and Fourths/Quarters | This lesson practices the partitioning a whole to equal shares for halves, fourths, and quarters through pizza and candy bar manipulatives. Students are then challenged to demonstrate how many different ways they can fold a square sticky note into fourths! |
| Halves, Quarters and Fourths | In this lesson, the students will partition circles and rectangles into halves and fourths in order to gain a solid foundation for fractions. |
| Halves and Fourths | In this lesson, students will gain experience partitioning rectangle and circles into equal shares of halves and fourths and naming the parts appropriately. |
| Fair Share Picnic | In this introductory lesson on halves, pairs of students will rotate through math stations to prepare for a picnic. They will use paper materials to represent wholes and partition each whole into halves, using applicable mathematics vocabulary. |
| Who gets the bigger share? | Use this interactive lesson to help your students learn about fractions by partitioning circles and rectangles into two, three, or equal-sized parts and by using a real life scenario. |
| Halves and Fourths | This lesson uses a discovery approach to exploring the meaning of halves and fourths. The students will utilize math benchmarks as they analyze math solutions and explain their solutions. This lesson also teaches students that they can decompose larger sized parts to make smaller sized parts. |
| Halves and Wholes | In this lesson, students will gain a foundation for fractions by partitioning circles and rectangles into two equal-sized shares. |
| I'll Share With You | This lesson focuses on the beginning understanding of fractions through fair-sharing. Students will partition circles and rectangles into 2 and 4 equal-sized parts and be able to describe these parts using appropriate language such as halves and fourths. |
| A Fourth of That? | Students will partition circles and rectangles into four equal-sized parts. This is a foundational building block of fractions. Students should also develop an understanding of the idea of the whole. This is part of a series of lessons dealing with the foundation for fractions. The other two lessons are Resource ID 46582 and 46846. Throughout the three lessons the students are creating a Fraction Book. |
| Half of This, A Fourth of That, A Whole Lot of Fun! | Students will partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal-sized parts. They will also explore and discuss the concept that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares. This is a foundational building block of fractions. Students should also develop an understanding of the idea of the whole. This is part of a series of lessons dealing with the foundation for fractions. The other two lessons are Resource IDs 46582 and 46764. Throughout the three lessons the students are creating a Fraction Book. |
| Half of This? | Students will partition circles and rectangles into two equal-sized parts. This is a foundational building block of fractions. Students should also develop an understanding of the idea of the whole. This is part of a series of lessons dealing with the foundation for fractions. The other two lessons are Resource ID 46764 and 46846. Throughout the three lessons the students are creating a Fraction Book. |
