Lesson Plan: Halves and Quarters Mathematics • 1st Grade

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This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to explore the equivalence of one-half and two-quarters, understand that there are more quarters than halves in a whole, and find out how the number of shares affects the size of the equal parts.

Objectives

Students will be able to

recognize that there are more quarters, or fourths, in a whole than halves,
recognize that a quarter, or fourth, is a smaller part than a half,
use models to show that two-quarters is equivalent to one-half.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

recognizing and drawing halves and quarters, or fourths,
the number of halves or quarters that make a whole.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

using fraction notation.