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Core concept: Halves are equal parts of a whole.
Warm-up/Daily number sense: Is this half – 15 minutes
Warm-up/Daily number sense: Is this half – 15 minutes
Is this half? Why or why not?
Is this half? Why or why not?
Do you see 2 equal groups? Explain your thinking.
Do you see 2 equal groups? Explain your thinking.
How many do you see altogether?
How many do you see altogether?
Is there another way to check your answer?
Is there another way to check your answer?
Consolidation and meaningful practice: Domino sort revisited – 15 minutes
Consolidation and meaningful practice: Domino sort revisited – 15 minutes
Students work in small groups. Provide students with 14 dominoes, ensuring several dominoes display matching quantities. Place all the dominoes face down on the table.
Students work in small groups. Provide students with 14 dominoes, ensuring several dominoes display matching quantities. Place all the dominoes face down on the table.
Students take turns selecting a domino and identifying whether the 2 quantities displayed are the equal or not. Students place the domino in one of 2 piles, equal or not equal.
Students take turns selecting a domino and identifying whether the 2 quantities displayed are the equal or not. Students place the domino in one of 2 piles, equal or not equal.
Activity: Exploring halves – 20 minutes
Activity: Exploring halves – 20 minutes
Using the resource below, turn on the grid lines and use the zoom button to increase the size of the page as this allows students to count the length of rods more easily. Show students how each of the coloured rods are incrementally longer starting at white.
Using the resource below, turn on the grid lines and use the zoom button to increase the size of the page as this allows students to count the length of rods more easily. Show students how each of the coloured rods are incrementally longer starting at white.
Ask students:
Ask students:
- How do you know it is half?
- Can you use the rods to show half? Two halves?
- What do you notice?
- What are you wondering?
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