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Give Me Half!

Stuart J. Murphy

Strand
Number

Australian Curriculum Year Level
Year 2, Year 3, Foundation Year, Year 1

Numeracy Strategy
Part-Part-Whole

Maths Concepts

Fractions

Australian Curriculum: Description

This story is about a brother and sister who are asked to share all their food and drink; pizza, cupcakes, drink etc

Teaching ideas

(1) Read the story and describe what's going on in each picture; (2) vocabulary-half, whole, share, divide, divided equally; (3) gather materials (objects, quantities and collections) and discuss how you would halve them; (4) draw pictures of objects in your classroom, and lines to show 'half'

Strand	Number Algebra Measurement Space Statistics and Probability Professional Reading Problem Solving
Year	Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 2 Year 3 Year 8 Year 4 Foundation Year Year 1 Year 9 Year 10 Maths A Maths B
Numeracy Strategy	Multiplication and Division Triangle Act it Out Part-Part-Whole Look for a pattern Additive to Multiplicative Thinking Benchmarking See the Parts to match the whole Number Line Tables and Graphs Draw a diagram Visualisation Find the Pattern Draw what you can't see Mental Strategies Various