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Week 12 · Shapes and equal shares

Thursday

A story about fair shares
// Sides and angles, rows of squares, halves, thirds and fourths
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: A story about fair shares

Chris the Coyote sets his satchel beside a round berry pie.

"Today my story is about sharing," he says.

"Rosie and Bennie want to share this pie fairly."

Hazel the Hedgehog asks, "What does fair mean?"

"Fair means every share is the same size," says Chris.

Story: Sharing the pie

Rosie and Bennie split the pie into 2 equal parts.

Each friend gets one half.

Then Hazel and Ferris come along.

Now they split the pie into 4 equal parts. Each friend gets one fourth!

REMEMBER THE STORY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
pieAt first, how many friends share the pie?
At the end, how many equal parts are there?

Learn it: halves, thirds and fourths

2 equal parts are halves. 3 equal parts are thirds.

4 equal parts are fourths.

Two halves make one whole. Four fourths make one whole too.

A circle cut into two equal parts, one shaded
A rectangle cut into three equal parts, one shaded
A circle cut into four equal parts, one shaded
NAME THE EQUAL PARTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A circle cut into four equal parts, zero shadedWhat are these equal parts called?
A rectangle cut into three equal parts, zero shadedWhat are these equal parts called?
A rectangle cut into two equal parts, zero shadedWhat are these equal parts called?
A circle cut into three equal parts, zero shadedWhat are these equal parts called?
COUNT THE SHADED PARTS
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  • Tap your answer.
A circle cut into four equal parts, three shadedHow many fourths are shaded?
A rectangle cut into three equal parts, two shadedHow many thirds are shaded?
A rectangle cut into four equal parts, one shadedHow many fourths are shaded?

A square can be split into halves in different ways.

Two rectangles or two triangles are both halves, if they are equal.

SentenceTrue or false?
Fair shares are all the same size.?
Three thirds make one whole.?
A fourth is bigger than a half of the same pie.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEMore equal parts means smaller parts. A fourth is smaller.
Try it
Fold a sheet of paper into 2 equal parts.
Open it and color one half.
Fold another sheet into 4 equal parts. Color one fourth.
Draw a pie split into 4 fair shares. Color one fourth.

Word Spot: leave, family, it's

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Leave: L-E-A-V-E.

Family: F-A-M-I-L-Y.

It's: I-T-S.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We will ___ after lunch.
A ___ of ducks swam by.
Look, ___ snowing!

What a story! Tomorrow Freddy has a big review game.

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