Teaching Equal Groups with Foundation Slides

Building an understanding of equal groups is an important first step towards multiplication and division. These teaching equal groups slides help students explore fairness by learning how collections can be shared equally and organised into groups of the same size.

Through visual examples, class discussions and interactive questions, students practise equal sharing, identify equal and unequal groups, and develop strategies for how to make equal groups. The slides also encourage students to use counters and other manipulatives to model their thinking.

Ways to Use These Teaching Equal Groups Slides

This resource can be used in a variety of ways:

• Whole-Class Teaching – Introduce and model equal sharing concepts. 
• Interactive Discussions – Have students explain whether groups are equal or not equal.
• Hands-On Practice – Pause the slides and use counters to recreate the sharing scenarios.

Download These Equal Sharing Teaching Slides

This resource is available as an editable Google Slides file and a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Please note that you will be prompted to make your own copy of the Google Slides file before editing.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a TeachStarter collaborator.

More Teaching Equal Groups Resources

Discover more activities, games and worksheets for teaching equal sharing and equal group below!

teaching resource

Equal Groups Activity – Ice Cream Sharing Craft

Engage students with this equal groups activity, a hands-on ice cream craft that helps young learners explore equal sharing.

teaching resource

Prep Equal Sharing Mats Template

Help young learners explore fair sharing through hands-on equal sharing mats.

teaching resource

Equal Sharing Worksheet Pack — Foundation

Support early division concepts with this equal sharing worksheet pack.