Lesson Plan: Dividing into Equal Groups Mathematics • 1st Grade

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This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to divide a number of objects into equal groups.

Objectives

Students will be able to

use objects to model dividing into equal groups,
make equal groups of a given number and then count the groups,
understand that some numbers of objects will not make specific equal groups.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

adding equal groups,
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 the phrase “divide” or the symbol,
applying times tables facts,
reading or writing division expressions.