Discuss sharing with the children. Ask children to tell about times they may have had to share a piece of food. Ask how the food was shared. Read Eating Fractions. Talk about the whole banana and the line drawings that show how it was divided into 2 parts. Count the number of pieces of banana with the children. Ask the children if they think the parts are equal and why they think as they do. Continue to focus children's attention on the whole food and the number of pieces it is cut into. Share the names of the fractions if the children are interested in that information.
Read the book aloud to the children. Discuss the story. After reading the book ask for volunteers to act the story out. Select children to be the parts of Ma, each of the children, and Grandma. Use 12 laminated construction paper cookies for props. If needed reteach the children "One for me, one for you," to reinforce the concept of fair shares. Extend this lesson with the following center activity. Cut out and laminate 12 construction paper cookies and 6 blank cards. Use a marker to program each of the cards with one of the following numerals: 1,2,3,4,6,12. Place the cookies and the cards in the center along with 12 small paper plates. A child draws a numeral card and places that many plates on the table. Then he/she divides all the cookies evenly among the plates.
Read this book aloud while studying fractions or for a unit integrating apples and the many different varieties of apples. Discuss the fractions on a reread of the book, using the different varieties of apples to illustrate the fractions shown on each page. Remember to talk about the whole apple in terms of the fraction and talk about how the apples may vary in size but each apple's fractions are equal sizes. Use real apples to show the fractions-use the apples for a cooking activity or for snack. Prepare construction paper apples showing the fractions shared in the book. Ask children to share what the denominator would be for the apple shown, then work with the children to show the different numerators as they would be named. On cards have different fractions listed, children would be able to use this activity independently to practice working with and identifying fractions. Apples with apple fraction parts may also be placed in a center for students' manipulation.
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