The pizza cut
Straight through the middle makes two halves. Through the middle twice makes four quarters.
Ask: how many cuts for ¼?Fair or not fair?
I can spot equal pieces
Look at each cut. Are the pieces the same size? Only equal pieces can be called halves or quarters.
Cut it again → quarters
I can make four equal pieces
One whole cake. Four friends are hungry…
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Pick the right piece
I can name the parts
Question 1 / 6
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Fill the right plate
I can sort halves from quarters
Tap a piece to pick it up, then tap the plate it belongs on.
½
halves — 2 equal parts
¼
quarters — 4 equal parts
Pieces waiting: 6 · 3 halves and 3 quarters are hiding in here.
Word wall
Tap a card to turn it over
Paper, fold, snip!
I can make halves with my hands
You need: one piece of paper, a pencil, scissors, and a toy that would like a snack.
Tick each box when it is done. All four ticked = step 6 finished.
Cut on the fold line. Then put your two pieces on top of each other. Do they match? Then they are halves.
Talk about it
“What else at home can be cut into two equal halves?”
Try the tricky one
A banana cut across is not two equal halves. Is it fair? No!
Give one away
Hand your grown-up one half of your paper. That is sharing ½.
Halves all around us
Look for them today
The orange
Peel it into pieces. Count them — one piece is not a half unless there are exactly two equal parts.
Ask: is it equal?The chocolate bar
Four equal squares make a whole bar. Two squares make a half. Easy to share, easy to check.
Ask: 2 squares of 4 = ?
Lesson 08 wrap-up
Keep going — you’re nearly there
Finish all six steps and your sticker pops out of the book.
Whole
All of it. One pizza. One cake. One paper circle.
Half · ½
Two pieces that are exactly the same size.
Quarter · ¼
Four pieces that are exactly the same size.
Equal
The same size. The word that makes halves work.
🔒 Locked until all six steps are done
Next up · Lesson 09 — More, Less, Same