Use the vocabulary as half, quarter, three fourth, semi, partial and whole

Use the vocabulary as half, quarter, three fourth, semi, partial and whole.

Introduction

Ravi had two Children. He bought a pencil for kabilan and a pomegranate for Akilan. He doesn’t have pencil. Then Kabilan said “I will give you a pencil”. So (Kabilan) he cuts the new pencil into two halves gives to his brother Akilan and another half he kept himself.

Akilan was very thankful to Kabilan. so he said that he will give him one fourth or quarter part of the pomegranate to him. Akilan cuts the fruit into two halves and he took one half and once again cuts into two equal parts as quarter (one – fourth). Now Akilan gave one fourth portion to Kabilan and he kept three fourth for himself. 

Activity

Take a square shape of a paper asked to fold it into equal parts (portion).

Explaining that the folded (Place) Spot represent the paper is made as two equal parts.

Cut the paper into two equal halves.

Take a part from the splited paper And once again fold the paper as two fourth (quarter)

Activity

Ask the students to take a ribbon and cut it as half, half into one fourth, and join one half and one fourth to make three fourth. At last join all portion, its make whole.

Can we do this? 

Half into a whole

The above pictures are divided into two equal parts. Every parts represents half (or) semi. So we call it as half (or) semi.