Suitable for Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
CCSS: 2.G.A.3, 3.NF.A.1
CCSS Description: Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
This worksheet on finding a third will see your students: identifying which images show a third, shading a third and finding a third of even numbers using counters and bar models.