Title: Give Me Half
Author: Stuart J. Murphy was born in Rhode Island. He went to school design and art direction. This has allowed him to have a strong background to write children books for MathSmart. He now lives in Boston with his wife.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grades: K-3
Subject Area: Math
Summary: Throughout this story a brother and a sister have to learn how to share. They learn to share through fractions. They have to share there pizza, juice, and cookies. Then end up making a mess because they can’t share well with each other.
Pre Reading Activity: As a class talk about what factions are. Explain that factions are making whole things such as pizza into parts. A slice of pizza is a part of the whole pizza. Have students talk with one another and try and get a better understanding of factions. Then give them a warm up worksheet on factions and see if they are understanding. Children can work with a partner on this worksheet to make sure they have the basics of factions.
Post Reading Activity: Make a list of all the foods that the two children in the story shared with each other. Have students draw pictures of the foods that are seen in the story. Then tell students to cut the pictures in equal half like they were going to share the food with someone. This is a great way to talk about sharing and how important it is to share with other people. Have them do another worksheet on factions by themselves to see if they have a better understanding.
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