Equal Groups, Arrays, and Fractions

Equal Groups, Arrays, and Fractions

Course overview

This course helps Grade 2 students move from equal groups to arrays and then to sharing equally. Students learn to see repeated addition in groups, organize those groups into rows and columns, and notice that fair sharing leads into division and the first fraction ideas.

What students will learn

• Turn equal groups into repeated addition.
• Build arrays with rows and columns.
• Read arrays as a picture of equal groups.
• Share objects into equal groups.
• Connect equal sharing to division and fractions.

Lessons

• Repeated Addition with Equal Groups - Learn how equal groups become a repeated-addition sentence.
• Build Arrays - Learn how equal groups line up into rows and columns.
• Share into Equal Groups - Learn how fair sharing leads into division and fraction thinking.

Parent guide

Work through the course in short sessions with counters, stickers, or drawings. Ask your child to name the equal groups, then the rows and columns, then the equal shares. Keep the work visual so the same idea is easy to see in different forms.

Completion

A student finishes this course when they can show equal groups as repeated addition, build and read a simple array, and explain how sharing equally connects to division and the idea of equal parts.