Halves In My Home
This engaging and hands on homework / remote learning activity will help support your students to recognise and split real life objects and simple collections of items found at home, in half.
Send home for homework or as a remote learning task. If students do not have the items listed at home, they can choose any other items that are available. Students can take photos of their halves and bring back into the class.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to solve problems involving modelling addition, subtraction, equal sharing and grouping, using different strategies.
- We are learning to identify one half as two equal parts of a whole.
- We are learning to use halves, quarters and eighths in relation to shapes, objects and events in everyday situations, e.g. cutting a pizza, cup and spoon measures.
- We are learning to recognise halves, quarters and eighths of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving.
- We are learning to recognise halves, quarters and eighths of an object and to understand that a group of objects can be separated to show halves, quarters and eighths of the group.
Curriculum alignment
AC9M1N06
9
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving equal sharing and grouping; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials, and use calculation strategies to solve the problem
AC9M2M02
9
Identify common uses and represent halves, quarters and eighths in relation to shapes, objects and events
AC9M2N03
9
Recognise and describe one-half as one of 2 equal parts of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving
ACMNA016
8.4
Recognise and describe one-half as one of two equal parts of a whole.
ACMNA033
8.4
Recognise and interpret common uses of halves, quarters and eighths of shapes and collections
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MA1-2WM
old
Uses objects, diagrams and technology to explore mathematical problems
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA1-4NA
old
Applies place value, informally, to count, order, read and represent two- and three-digit numbers
MA1-6NA
old
Uses a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division
MA1-7NA
old
Represents and models halves, quarters and eighths
MA1-FG-01
new
Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.