Dividing Apples

Read: “Rabbit and Hare Divide an Apple” by Harriet Ziefert and Emily Bolam

One day Hare tries to divide an apple in half so he and Rabbit can share it. But he breaks it unevenly. They both want the bigger piece. Will they ever find a way to share the apple?

Materials needed:

• apples
• knife,
• sentence strips
• marker

Directions: One whole apple, cut one apple in half, cut one apple in quarters.

On the sentence strips write 1 whole apple, ½ apple, ¼ apple. After teaching children about fractions, set out the strips and have the children place the correct slice on the card.