This Equal Sharing Whole Class Activity is a great resource to gauge student understanding of the concept of equal sharing. This presentation should be accompanied with physical materials, such as counters, for students to practise equal sharing. Answers are provided after each question, allowing opportunities for whole class discussions.
Represent practical situations involving equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing
Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings
Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems
Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions
Combines, separates and compares collections of objects, describes using everyday language, and records using informal methods
Forms equal groups by sharing and counting collections of objects