Concept of halving

Tuesday’s lesson
We are going to learn the concept of halving.
In this lesson we will learn about what ‘half’ means by practising halving amounts.
We are going to start by recapping what double means and making double amounts on fingers.
You will need a container and 10 objects for counting, another container and number cards.

Video of the lesson

Practice saying “Half of ____ is equal to _______.” If you are green standard also say ” So half of _____________ will be ________. ” Model how to calculate half by counting the objects into bowls. Children to practice with 2,4,6,8,10.
Extend by giving numbers 1,2,3,4,5. Can you work out what the numbers are half of?

Mrs Price

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