# Session 17: Introduction of fractions

<div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-session-title-introd"><table style="width: 114.404762%; height: 380.515625px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px; width: 25.380981%;">**Session Title**

</td><td style="height: 29px; width: 74.619019%;">**Introduction of fractions**

</td></tr><tr style="height: 118.828125px;"><td style="height: 118.828125px; width: 25.380981%;">Objective

</td><td style="height: 118.828125px; width: 74.619019%;">1. Students will understand the concept of fractions as parts of a whole.
2. Students will relate fractions to real-life situations.
3. Students will develop collaboration and empathy skills through group work.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px; width: 25.380981%;">Topic

</td><td style="height: 29px; width: 74.619019%;">To understand what a fraction is

</td></tr><tr style="height: 136.421875px;"><td style="height: 136.421875px; width: 25.380981%;">Material Required

</td><td style="height: 136.421875px; width: 74.619019%;">1. Paper circles (representing plates/pizza)
2. Large paper circles (representing cakes)
3. Construction paper in various colors (for toppings like sprinkles, fruit, frosting)
4. Scissors, glue sticks, markers
5. Fraction cards (1/2, 1/3, 1/4)
6. Fraction worksheet

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px; width: 25.380981%;">Methodology

</td><td style="height: 29px; width: 74.619019%;">Learning through activity

</td></tr><tr style="height: 38.265625px;"><td style="height: 38.265625px; width: 25.380981%;">Session Plan

</td><td style="height: 38.265625px; width: 74.619019%;">90 Minutes</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>### Introduction Activity (25 minutes):

**Activity:** "How Do We Share?" Circle Time Discussion (10 minutes)

**Ask:**

"Have you ever shared something with your friends or family—like pizza, a chocolate bar, or time on a game console?"

"How did you decide what a fair share was?"

Encourage students to talk about fairness, sharing, and feelings when things are not equally divided.

**Introduction to Fractions (15 minutes)**

Use real-life visuals:

Show a pizza (real or an image) and cut it into 4 slices. Explain: "This is one whole pizza. One slice is one-fourth (1/4) of the pizza."

Use other examples like chocolate bars (divided into squares), fruit (like cutting an apple into 2 halves), or water bottles (half-full).

Key Concepts:

A fraction = part of a whole

Numerator = how many parts we have

Denominator = total equal parts

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### Main Activity (45 minutes):

**“Bake and Share a Fraction Cake” (25 minutes)**

 Instructions:

1. Students are placed in small groups (2–4 students).
2. Each group receives a large paper circle (“cake”) and is told they must “bake and decorate” their cake using toppings.
3. They must divide the cake into either halves, thirds, or fourths based on a fraction card they draw.
4. Each group decorates different parts of the cake with toppings (e.g., 1/2 with strawberries, 1/2 with chocolate).
5. Students label each part with the correct fraction.

**Presentations &amp; Gallery Walk (10 minutes)**

Each group briefly presents their cake to the class, explaining how they divided it and what each fraction represents.

Students walk around and view each group’s cake.

**“Sharing is Caring” (10 minutes)**

 Ask students to complete a quick journal or sentence starter:

- “Today I learned that sharing can be…”
- “Fractions help us…”
- “One way I helped my group was…”

### Review Questions (10 minutes):

1. A fraction is a way to show part of a whole. It has two parts:
2. Numerator: The top number, showing how many parts you have.
3. Denominator: The bottom number, showing the total number of equal parts.

### Follow-up Tasks (10 minutes):

**Imagine the following fractions:**

- 1/2
- 1/3
- 2/4
- 2/6
- 3/8

### Expected Learning Outcome:

**Knowledge building:**

- Identify and represent fractions.
- Understand fair sharing through food.

**Skill Building:**

- Cooperation, empathy, and expressing ideas.

**Resources**

Introduction of Fraction:

[Activity 1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PNOSdqQ3xG3D7oWbTNCzcV0nBbhepv8h/view?usp=drivesdk)

[Activity 2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PPtie9LAKQkgwX8zvVgJmMVOJpK5dr-N/view?usp=drivesdk)