partner

Everyday

1. A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner. tree →
2. A partner can be one of the owners of a business. tree →
3. A partner is a person someone lives with or is married to. tree →
4. To partner (with) someone is to work or play as their partner. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: people working or playing in pairs; things shared between partners; «partner work»; number partners (number bonds), like 3 and 7 for 10. In school: «turn to your partner». In everyday life: dance partners, business partners. In stories: partners in crime, partners on an adventure.

Examples

• Each student has a partner. tree →
• She and her partner picked 30 apples. tree →
• Partners share the money equally. tree →
• How many partners are there in 12 students? tree →
• Find a partner and read together. tree →
• 6 and 4 are number partners for 10. tree →
• Mum and her partner run a bakery. tree →
• The two detectives were partners. tree →
• She partnered with Ava for the science project. tree →
• With what eagerness she danced! leaning on her partner’s shoulder she swept by like a whirlwind. tree →

Note

Partners come in pairs: 12 students make 6 pairs. Sharing between partners = divide by 2. Trap: «she and her partner» means 2 people. An odd number of pupils leaves one without a partner (or makes a group of 3).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Proverbs it means someone who shares in a crime with a thief. The saying is read as a warning that one who joins a wrongdoer harms himself. In the primary lessons: In maths: people working or playing in pairs; things shared between partners; «partner work»; number partners (number bonds), like 3 and 7 for 10. In school: «turn to your partner». In everyday life: dance partners, business partners. In stories: partners in crime, partners on an adventure.

Examples

• Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing. (Writings PRO.29.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Partners come in pairs: 12 students make 6 pairs. Sharing between partners = divide by 2. Trap: «she and her partner» means 2 people. An odd number of pupils leaves one without a partner (or makes a group of 3).