Brer Rabbit & Friends - Center for Puppetry Arts
Brer Rabbit & Friends - Center for Puppetry Arts
Brer Rabbit & Friends - Center for Puppetry Arts
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Learning Activities<br />
1st & 2nd Grade: <strong>Brer</strong> <strong>Rabbit</strong> Fraction Activity<br />
Georgia Per<strong>for</strong>mance Standards covered: Grade 1, Mathematics, Number and Operations<br />
M1N4c. Grade 2, Mathematics, Number and Operations M2N4a,b.<br />
Objective: Students will relate fractions (halves, thirds, fourths, etc.) to concrete and pictorial models<br />
and relate the models to the fractions.<br />
Materials: Crayons, <strong>Brer</strong> <strong>Rabbit</strong> Fraction Activity handouts (one per student - see next page).<br />
Procedure:<br />
1. Review fractions with students. The numerator tells how much of the total (denominator) is<br />
represented. There<strong>for</strong>e two-thirds can be read “two out of three.”<br />
2. Distribute handouts and crayons.<br />
3. Ask students to color the number of rabbits that will represent the fraction given <strong>for</strong> each group.<br />
For example, since 1/2 represents one out of two, one rabbit should be colored in.<br />
Assessment: Collect student handouts. Review <strong>for</strong> percentage of correct responses. Remediate<br />
if necessary.<br />
Sister Mud Turtle, <strong>Brer</strong> <strong>Rabbit</strong>, <strong>Brer</strong> Fox and <strong>Brer</strong> Bear<br />
on the set of <strong>Brer</strong> <strong>Rabbit</strong> & <strong>Friends</strong><br />
© 2008 <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Puppetry</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>. All Rights Reserved.<br />
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