To understand the concept of division and to relate what we do in school with the outside world children did a hands-on activity. Each group was given five empty boxes of Smarties. On a given plate they were given some Smarties as well. Students had to find out how many boxes they needed.
During other lessons students played various games on the interactive whiteboard. For example: Sharing fruit between two children.
Whilst doing these activities children used known number facts to carry out simple division and halving. Students also understood the operation of division as repeated addition. Furthermore children also associated division as equal sharing.
Submitted by Ms Miranda Cauchi, Yr 3.1