Caring Is Sharing | Rise and Shine: Math Time

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

1, 2

Overview

2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, Joel Lookadoo, needs your help to divide pizza and candy equally among a group of friends! Join in for a lesson on creating equal shares. The worksheet that accompanies this video provides students with the opportunity to practice creating equal shares on their own.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 1

MA19.1.23

Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares and describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of.

UP:MA19.1.8

Vocabulary

  • Equation
  • Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Strategies for solving simple addition or subtraction equations with one unknown.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • solve simple addition and subtraction equations.
    • Justify and explain their thinking.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • equalities contain expressions that name the same amount on each side of the equal sign, even with quantities unknown.
    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 2

    MA19.2.27

    Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares. Describe the shares using such terms as halves, thirds, half of, or a third of, and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, or four fourths.

    UP:MA19.2.27

    Vocabulary

    • Partition

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies for partitioning shapes into two, three, or four equal shares and reason about these shares.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • decompose circles and rectangles into halves, thirds, and fourths.
    • communicate the size of pieces using the appropriate fraction terminology.
    • recognize that equal shares may be different shapes within the same whole.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • shapes can be equally partitioned into halves, thirds, and fourths.

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS

    License Type

    Custom

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    ALSDE LOGO