Lesson: Sharing Equally Mathematics • 1st Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to share objects fairly between a number of groups.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

use objects to model sharing equally,
share objects into a given number of equal groups and then count the number in each group,
understand that some numbers of objects will not share into specific numbers of groups,
use the word “divide” to describe sharing equally.

Q1:

A fisherman has 10 fish. If he distributes them equally among 2 bowls, how many fish will be in each bowl?

Q2:

There are 28 balls.

After making 4 equal groups, there will be balls in each group.

Q3:

Give each girl the same number of apples. Each girl gets apple(s).