Give Me Half! (MathStart Level 2)

Posted on 13 January 2017 by Stuart J. Murphy

How do you share a pizza You split it in half Two siblings split a yummy lunch and discover that using fractions can be messy This hilarious book written by Stuart J Murphy and illustrated by G Brian Karas introduces the simplest of fractions 1 2.This is a Level 2 MathStart book, which is perfect for kids ages 6 and up The MathStart series uses funny stories and colorful art to show kids that they use math every day, even outside of the classroom Each book features an activity guide to have fun with the math concepts presented in the story.Supports the Common Core Learning Standards Best Read [ Give Me Half! (MathStart Level 2) ] author [ Stuart J. Murphy ] – kino-fada.fr Give me half is a fictional book, the story is about two children a younger brother and his older sister The younger brother has a pizza and is asked to share it with his sister, the brother does not want to share his pizza but does so reluctantly in order that the older sister will share her food They then face the problem of how to share the pizza equally Give me half demonstrates how the children can divide and share their food in to half fairly after a number of arguments about the diffe Give me half is a fictional book, the story is about two children a younger brother and his older sister The younger brother has a pizza and is asked to share it with his sister, the brother does not want to share his pizza but does so reluctantly in order that the older sister will share her food They then face the problem of how to share the pizza equally Give me half demonstrates how the children can divide and share their food in to half fairly after a number of arguments about the different food that they both have I think the book is very useful because it makes good use of poetical rhyming throughout which enables it to be read easily and fluently by the children, this also makes itengaging because the lines can be turned into a song Also...This is a really cool book to introduce fractions and the concept of half in relationship to sharing As the brother and sister learn to share the food each of them have, they are also learning about fractions I like the fact that the book also introduces a new term, divide, in an ap...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Give me half is about a little boy who has a whole pizza and doesn t want to share with his sister until his mom forces him to share half Then the little boy sees things he wants that his sister has, such as juice and cupcakes But of course the sister doesn t want to share when it is her s So the mom has to come and tell them again to share and cut it in half They both learn that one half plus one half equals 1 After they get in an argument they notice that using fractions can make a mess, Give me half is about a little boy who has a whole pizza and doesn t want to share with his sister until his mom forces him to share half Then the little boy sees things he wants that his sister has, such as juice and cupcakes But of course the sister doesn t want to share when it is her s So the mom has to come and tell them again to share and cut it in half They both learn that one half plus one half equals 1 After they get in an argument they notice that using fractions can make a mess, which leads these siblings to realize if they each clean up half, it will get done in half the time This book wasn t my favorite but It is a simple book that deals with simple fractions...This is a book about a young boy who has a pizza and agrees to share it with his sister He must share it evenly, according to his father The boy s sister has juice, and he says she has to share half The brother sees that the sister has cupcakes, and again their father makes them evenly share halves This book is great for teaching students about halving fractions The only critique that I have is that it could make the halves a bitapparent In the illustrations, it doesn t clearly show This is a book about a young boy who has ...The Title of the book is Give me Half by Stuart Murphy published in 2003 I got to meet stuart murphy last spring at the NCTM conference in Washington D.C He is a great children s author in that most of the books he writes, they deal with math Give me half is about a book about two people The whole story goes around showing them splitting everything in half such as pizza for example It shows them ordering two pizzas and half of that is one whole pizza and half of one pizza is half a pizza The Title of the book is Give me Half by Stuart Murphy published in 2003 I got to meet stuart murphy last spring at the NCTM conference in Washington D.C He is a great children s author in that most of the books he writes, they deal with math Give me half is about a book about two people The whole story goes around showing them splitting ev...Give Me Half Give Me Half by Stuart Murphy is a lovely book to use with a reception or year 1 class to introduce the concept of halving and the mathematical format of a half and a whole Fractions are a difficult concept for children to understand but this book makes it clearer for them as it relates it to real life experiences This book begins by halving a whole Two siblings are arguing over sharing a pizza, which has 8 slices The little boy is reluctant to share his pizza with his sister Give Me Half Give Me Half by Stuart Murphy is a lovely book to use with a reception or year 1 class to introduce the concept of halving and the mathematical format of a half and a whole Fractions are a difficult concept for children to understand but this book makes it clearer for them as it relates it to real life experiences This book begins by halving a whole Two siblings are arguing over sharing a pizza, which has 8 slices The little boy is reluctant to share his pizza with his sister, but then offers her one slice which she isn t very happy about as she doesn t feel that it is fair that he getsthan her He is told to evenly s...Give me half is one of the best math books I have read so far The book is about a brother and sister who are having a hard time sharing A parent steps in and let s them know they need to share Everything must be spilt down the middle They children then spilt their pizza, juice and desert in half The picture in this book are amazing They are so colorful and the demeanor of the children is spot on My favorite aspect of the book is...Give Me Half is a great book to teach about halves The book uses items like pizza, juice, cupcakes, and cookies to demonstrate how to share with halves The book is about a brother and sister who have trouble sharing their food, but someone continues to interfere between them and makes them share their food by showing them how much each should get one person gets a half and the other person gets another half For example, the book shows how to share half a pizza by giving 1 2 of the pizza t Give Me Half is a great book to teach about halves The book uses items like pizza, juice, cupcakes, and cookies to demonstrate how to share with halves The book is about a brother and sister who have trouble sharing their food, but someone continues to interfere between them and makes them share their food by showing them how much each should get one person gets a half and the other person gets another half For example, the book shows how to share half a pizza by giving 1 2 of the pizza to the sister and the other 1 2 of the pizza to the brother The book continues this pattern with the cookies, cupcakes, and juice The book even has a rhyme to it This book is mostly intended for 1st graders I would use this book to do an extension activity by bring...Shows how siblings split up a pizza and is a great illustrator for showing students fractions, and ways of halving things This book is very good to teach to students that math is done everywhere and a majority of the time at home, at school, on the bus, at the store The teacher could give students a hands on experience by getting paper plates in place of pizza and allow students to draw ...We ve been reading lots of different books in the various MathStart series by Stuart J Murphy This book is in the MathStart Level 2 series and introduces the concept of fractions to children The narrative is funny and features two siblings squabblin...

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