Students have previously learned how to identify equal and unequal shares. In this lesson students will partition circles, squares, and rectangles into equal shares of halves and fourths. In subsequent lessons students will analyze fractional parts and learn that the larger the denominator the smaller the fractional part (portion). Students will sort fractional pictures into halves and fourths and equal and unequal shares. On level (reinforce) students will partition shapes into equal halves and fourths using horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. Above level (extend) students will color and label fractional parts as one half, two halves, one fourth, two fourths, three fourths, and four fourths. They will also define equivalent fractions two fourths is the same as one half; two halves and four fourths are the same as one whole.