Activity 1
For this unit, we used a lot of literature. To start our fractions we defined half and whole. Then we created our very own pizza's with our partners, here's a picture of the finished product.
When they finished decorating they had to write about their whole pizza, their half of the pizza, and their partner's half of the pizza.
Drew and I have one whole pizza. On my half there is pepeorny [pepperoni] met [meat] and cheese. On Drew's cnadenbacn [Canadian bacon] and peprony [pepperoni].
Gracyn and I have a hol [whole] pizza. The hol [whole] flavr [flavor] is piprone [pepperoni] meet [meat] in [and] chese [cheese]. My half ov [of] my pizza flavr [flavor] is meet [meat] in [and] chese [cheese]. My partnr [partner's] half pizza flavr [flavor] is piprone [pepperoni] meet [meat] n [and] ches [cheese].Activity 2
The following day we read a book call Whole-y Cow. With this book we discussed how we write fractions. After each page we would discuss the picture and that there is a whole and a part. Wholes go on the bottom- because they are the bigger number and the big number has to hold up the small number. Parts go on top because they are the small number. We reviewed that parts cannot be bigger than the whole. Then we drew our own half and whole Whole-y Cow's!
Activity 3
Later in our week we read a book called My Half Day, this book is also in Spanish and is a series of math books. I love this series because it puts math into real-world situations. For instance in this book he wakes up and imagines that half of his head is shaved, then he starts to think about what it would be like if everything was only half. (There is also My Even Day and My Odd Day, if you are interested in more literature to incorporate math skills. I will include a list of other books as well at the end of this post.) Anywho...after reading this book we discussed what it would be like if normal things in our lives were only half. We did a role playing exercise for this! You could also have them create a book. How fun would it be to make a script/ book and then have them act it out and record the skit?!
Activity 4
Today we read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and made a small book to discuss halves and whole that I found at GrowinginPre-K and K. After we made our books, the kids in their learning groups created their own books in the similar style of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...only in our version we give a mouse half of a cookie. Check out Laura Numeroff's books, she has a lot that can be used for many different types of lessons. I love them for half and whole as well as cause and effect. Her books are also great for sequencing lessons, retelling, and comprehension in ELAR.
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