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Which subject	Mathematics
What age group	Year or Grade 5
What topic	Division
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Engaging Beginning for a Year 5 Mathematics Lesson on Division

Introduction: The Great Division Adventure!

Welcome, Class! Today, we’re embarking on a Great Division Adventure! Are you ready?

Setting the Scene

Imagine this: You and your friends have just won a huge box of chocolates! But there’s a catch—there are 24 chocolates, and you need to share them equally among your 6 friends. How can you divide these scrumptious treats so that everyone gets the same amount and no one feels left out?

Activity: The Chocolate Challenge

To kick off our lesson, let’s conduct a fun activity! Here’s what you’ll need to do:

1. Gather Your Team: Form groups of 4 students.
2. Chocolates for Everyone: Each group will receive a set of 24 colourful paper circles representing the chocolates. (Feel free to colour them in prior to the lesson!)
3. Division Time: Your challenge is to share the 24 paper chocolates equally among all group members. How many chocolates does each person get?

Discussion:

• After completing the challenge, let’s regroup and discuss:
  • How did you divide the chocolates?
  • Did everyone get the same amount? How did that make you feel about sharing?

Linking to Division:

Through this fun activity, you’ll realise that division is all about sharing and distributing equally. Today, we’ll learn about the concept of division, how it relates to our chocolate challenge, and explore different ways to represent division problems.

Objective:

By the end of today’s lesson, you’ll be able to:

• Understand and explain the process of division.
• Solve division problems using different strategies.
• Relate division to real-life scenarios.

Let’s dive into the world of division and see how we can become expert chocolatiers of mathematics! 🍫✨

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Ready, Set, Divide!

Now that the stage is set and you’ve had a taste of what division is all about, let’s get started with our main lesson!