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TargetFundamentals™ Essential Math Skills 2nd Grade Skill 21 Skill: The student will identify one-half and a whole.

INSTRUCTIONAL PREPARATION Materials: • one of each of various fruits, such as anapple, a banana, an orange, and a cantaloupe • a knife for cutting the fruit Duplicate the following (one per student unless otherwise indicated): • A Half and a Whole reference sheet • Is ItOne-Half or One Whole? worksheet Prepare a transparency of the following: • A Half and a Whole reference sheet • Is It One-Half or One Whole? worksheet RECALL Before beginning the Review component,facilitate a discussion based on the following questions: When we say something is whole, what do we mean? (Answers will vary and may include the following: it is the complete thing; it is all of something.)When we say something is one-half, what do we mean? (Answers will vary and may include that it is a half of something.) REVIEW 1. Hold up one of the pieces of fruit, such as the apple, so that it isvisible to all the students, and ask the following questions: What am I holding up? (An apple) How would you describe this apple? (Answers will vary and may include the following: it is red; it has astem; it has skin; it is sweet; it is a whole apple.)

TargetFundamentals™

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M2.21-1
Last printed 9/21/05

Discuss the responses, leading the students tounderstand that this is a whole apple. Then use the knife to cut the apple in half, and hold up one half of the apple so that it is visible to the students. Ask the following question: Now what I amholding up? (Half of an apple) Continue the procedure of holding up a whole piece of fruit and then cutting it in half to show half of a piece of fruit. Tell the students that in this lesson they willpractice identifying one-half of shapes and objects and whole shapes and objects. 2. Distribute copies of the A Half and a Whole reference sheet and display the first page of the transparency. Direct the...