# 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;">**Session Title**

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

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

</td><td style="height: 118.828125px;">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;">Topic

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

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

</td><td style="height: 136.421875px;">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;">Methodology

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

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

</td><td style="height: 38.265625px;">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(55 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)

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

### Follow-up Tasks (10 minutes)

1. Picturize

- 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**

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

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