We have started to learn fractions of a whole and fractions of a set. As introduction activities we read a book called The Lion's Share which talked about animals sharing equally a birthday cake. So students were asked to share "birthday cakes" with one friend and three friends which lead to a discussion of how you could cut a cake in half or in fourth to share with others. We got to the understanding of fractions of a whole meaning the parts are equal size and shape. We then started building rectangles using square tiles to create rectangles that were half one color and half another color.
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May 2015
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