Fair Share

Hi friends!

Has it been a busy week or what?! Somehow this time of year sneaks up on me and everything ends up in a whirlwind! Ella has dance recital coming up {it's a huge production...we are required to go to meetings before she can perform!} the stomach bug is STILL going around, and here in west Texas it's been a constant dust storm...lovely! ;)

We've been working on fair share this week in math. I always make a big deal about fair sharing and how the REALLY big kids are still working on division but really, it's easy peasy and that we can totally do it as kindergarteners. I mean, why scare them with such things as long division numerators and denominators all math higher than a kindergarten level.

We made an anchor chart...made up some silly motions and "teach, ok'ed" it to each other. Before I drew the candy pieces onto the anchor chart I had several friends practice fair sharing and then UNfair sharing too. They all agreed that it wouldn't be fair if Mrs. Alderson got all the candy and I didn't share it with my friend. Although, it sounds like a good plan to me! ;)

We got out our sorting mats and practiced with manipulatives. I gave several story problem situations to my students and had them practice fair sharing. "Luke has 12 bouncy balls. If he shares them with his sister, how many will Luke and his sister each have?" We tried out switching amounts of friends to share with, etc.

 

In stations, I gave my students this printable page. They did so well! 

The next day we read "The Doorbell Rang"I LOVE this book and my kids always love chiming in as we read along. I drew some silly pictures of Sam and Victoria and their friends up on the Smart Board and as we read through the second time I had students come up and practice fair sharing the cookies. After that, my kids were SO excited to make their own book to be able to read to their moms and dads at home.

Click HERE to snag up the printable pages from my newest packet- Fair Share! A Mini Unit.