Part, Part, Whole

We talked about Part Part Whole (PPW) in Math this week. We started with the fun paper plates that have a large section and then two smaller sections. These added interest and engagement.

The students used bingo chips as counters and then we either started with the whole number and one part and had to figure out what the other part was (ex. 16 and 8, missing part is 8) or we started with two parts and had to make the whole (ex.7 and 3 whole 10). Students had an easy time putting parts together, but it was a little more tricky doing the whole and part questions.

We then did a pencil and paper activity to put numbers to the concept, and this was more tricky. Some started to make the connection between part/whole and subtraction and part/part and addition. I found a great blog post on PPW at Mrs. T's First Grade Class used her worksheets for this part of the lesson. We also read, "Ready, Set, Hop!" and put the equations into a blank PPW worksheet. The students really enjoyed this and they really wanted to find out if Moe or Marty won! I love being able to incorporate Language Arts into Math whenever possible! We didn't fill up the whole sheet so we will look at another book tomorrow and see if we can make some more PPW equations to finish the page.

We will continue to work on this concept as I think that it will help them with subtraction and addition facts. I have never taught this concept in this way, so I wonder how impactful it will be, if at all.

Here is a video I found, explaining number bonds, which we talked about in relation to PPW