K.3 Equal Parts

K.3 the student recognizes that there are quantities less than a whole
PK	K	1
V.E 2  Child uses informal strategies to share or divide up to 10 items equally	K.3A  share a whole by separating into two equal parts	1.2A  separate a whole into two, three or four equal parts and use appropriate language to describe the parts such as “three out of four equal parts” 1.2B use appropriate language to describe part of a set such as three out of the eight crayons are red
share a whole by separating it into 2 equal parts

Activities:

• Teacher will bring a chocolate bar (snickers, hersheys, kit kat) and talk about sharing it equally between two people.  Stress the vocabulary whole chocolate and two equal parts.  Then cut the chocolate bar into two equal parts.
• Extension:  cut a chocolate bar into two un-equal parts and have a class discussion as to why this this not fair.

• Then do the same activity with a cookie (chocolate chip, oreo).  Afte the teacher modles, give students a paper cookie and have them share a whole cookie into two equal parts by drawing a line through the middle and then cutting in half.
• Questions:
• How many whole parts?
• How many equal parts? 

Anchor Stations:

• Provide different food items that need to be shared equally between two friends (pizza, banana, burrito, etc)