Equal Parts

This is a link to a collection of four online lesson plans with activities for introduction to fractions. The unit will take students from dividing into equal parts to writing the fractions. Focus is on 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4. These lessons are designed to guide young children through an introduction to fractions. Children learn to recognize parts of a whole and divide a whole into equal parts. Students use fractions to make connections to fruit or common objects. Students learn to represent simple fractions such as 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2.

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Students will:

  • learn to divide a circle into pieces of equal size.
  • learn to divide and shade 1/2, 1/3, 1/4.
  • learn to use fruit to illustrate how parts make a whole.
  • learn to understand and represent 1/2, 1/3, 1/4.

Lesson Variations

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Applying

Helpful Hints

Materials needed:

  • 6-inch paper plates, scissors, crayons, chart paper
  • 6-inch paper plates, scissors, crayons
  • citrus fruit including oranges, tangerines, grapefruit
  • fraction circles from previous lesson, fraction manipulative

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