Lesson Plan: Sharing Equally Mathematics • 1st Grade

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to share objects fairly between a number of groups.

Objectives

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.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

dividing by making equal groups of a given number,
adding single-digit numbers,
counting in 2s (to 20), 5s (to 50), and 10s (to 100).

Exclusions

Students will not cover

using arrays to identify equal groups of objects,
using or recognizing the symbol,
applying times tables facts,
reading or writing division expressions.