1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
A chocolate bar snapped cleanly down the middle. Matching pieces, one in each hand. If we push them back together, what do we have again?
2 - Watch and Notice ~6 mins
Here is the strip on the board.
This is one whole.
Two equal parts. Both are halves.
One half is shorter than the whole.
3 - Try It Together ~7 mins
Shade both halves to make a whole. Then shade just one half.
Halves on the strip
4 - Draw the Strip in Your Copy ~5 mins
In your maths copy, draw a strip with a fold-line down the middle and label each part "half".
5 - Class Challenge ~7 mins
Shade each strip to match the challenge. How many halves rebuild the whole?
Two halves and the whole
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