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What age group	Year or Grade 2
What topic	Fractions
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Welcome to the World of Fractions!

Introduction: A Fraction Adventure

Good morning, young explorers! Today, we are going on a Fraction Adventure! 🏴‍☠️🔍

The Island of Fractions

Imagine we are on a mysterious island called Fraction Island. On this island, everything is split into parts. For example, if we find a delicious fruit like a pizza or a cake, we can’t eat it whole—we will need to share it with our friends! This is where fractions come in!

Let's Meet Our Fraction Friends!

To help us understand this adventure, let’s meet our Fraction Friends:

• Half: This is when something is divided into 2 equal parts. If we cut our pizza into two slices, each slice is a half! 🍕

• Quarter: If we divide something into 4 equal parts, each part is a quarter. If we cut our pizza into four slices, each slice would be a quarter! 🍕🍕🍕🍕

• Eighth: If we want to share even more, and cut our pizza into 8 equal slices, each one becomes an eighth! 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

Activity: Drawing Our Fraction Friends

Now, let’s draw some of our favourite foods and cut them into fractions! You will need:

• A piece of paper
• Coloured pencils or crayons

Instructions:

1. Draw a whole pizza on your paper.
2. Cut it in half and colour each half a different colour. Write “1/2” next to each half.
3. Draw another pizza and cut it into quarters. Colour each quarter a different colour and write “1/4” next to each one.
4. Finally, draw a third pizza and cut it into eighths. Colour each slice and write “1/8” next to each slice.

Sharing Our Creations

Once you’ve completed your drawings, we will share our creations with the class! Who knows? You might come up with exciting names for your Fraction Pizzas, and we could even create our own Fraction Pizza Menu!

By the end of our lesson, you will not only understand what fractions are, but you will also have a taste of sharing—but without the calories! 🍕🎉

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Let’s embark on this delicious fraction adventure, and remember: fractions are all about sharing and understanding parts of a whole! Are you ready? Let’s get started!