• Dividing a whole object into equal parts

You Can Only Eat Half
After reading the book Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan, the teacher will cut fruit into halves and encourage students to eat only half.

Fractions with Oranges
This lesson provides an introductory activity for fractions. Oranges are used to show the difference between one whole, one half, and one quarter.

Orange Slices:
In this lesson, students investigate oranges to find out if oranges have the same number of slices. They also investigate the fractional part of an orange.

To Half or Half Not:
In this lesson, students will use a geoboard to demonstrate different ways to divide ways to divide a rectangle in half and then identify equivalent fractions that represent one-half.

Chocolate Halves:
In this lesson, students will use Hershey's chocolate bars to learn about half of a whole.

Kinder-Quilt:
This lesson is designed to help kindergarten students discover equal halves of a square. after reading Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt students will use the quilt pattern to learn about halves and wholes.

Ready, Set, Let's Dough!  It's a Matter of System:
In this lesson, students look at a complex system when they create their own play dough by taking several parts and creating a whole. Through their constructions, students gain an understanding that individual parts are used to make a whole.
 

Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Half
An online game to find 13 ways to divide a square into halves.

Varnelle's Introduction to Fractions:
This web-based unit gives young children an introduction to fractions by incorporating interactive and manipulative-based projects with pencil/paper practice and online activities.

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