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Fractions are parts of whole things like: An orange

A pizza

A watermelon

A circle A square or

A hamburger

Fractions can also be a part of a group of things such as:

Marbles

Cars

Dolls

Money

Pencils

Fractions Lesson 1- Half = (½)

Some fractions are:

Halves - (½)

Quarters - (¼) - picture

Eighths – (1/8)

What is a half of something?

I made a pizza for two people.

Who can tell me what fraction of the pizza each person will get?

Answer Each person will have half of the pizza

Or

2 Equal parts

Folding paper circles in half

Folding squares in half

ACTIVITY 1

Worksheet 1- Halves

Half (½) of a Group

Worksheet 2

Fractions Lesson 2 – Quarters (¼)

What is a quarter – ¼

A quarter is sharing or dividing something into four equal parts

I made a pizza. It has to be shared between my dad, my mum, my sister and myself.

Who can tell me what fraction of the pizza will each person get?

Answer

A quarter (¼)

Folding Paper circles in quarters

Folding Paper squares in quarters

ACTIVITY: 1

Sharing a chocolate bar between 4 people.

I have one chocolate bar and I want to share it with3 of my friends. What fraction of the bar will each person receive?

ACTIVITY 2:

Answer

Me Friend 1 Friend 2 Friend 3

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

Quarter (¼) of a Group

Fractions

Lesson 3 – Eights (1/8)

If I cut an in half Then I cut those 2 halves in half to make quarters.

Next I cut each of those 4 quarters in half

What would I have? How many pieces of orange would I have?

Answer: Eight Eighths or 8/8

What other things can be cut into eight pieces?

What sort of things can be groups of eight?

Answers

Teams Flower petals Hands of bananas Slices of pizza Puppies Slices of fruit Toys – marbles, cars, Barbie dolls and teddies.

Children in a family

Let’s play the

M & M Game

M & M Worksheet ACTIVITY 1

◦ Worksheet

Websites for Interactive Fraction Games for Class computers

`Pizza game interactive game http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw42848

Hooda Math Games http://hoodamath.com/games/fraction.php

Website _ Interactive fraction games http://www.fractionmonkeys.co.uk/ http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/mathsB6.htm http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/memory_fractions1.ht

m   Fraction game/s 5/5/2012 http://www.softschools.com/math/fractions/games/matching_fractions_game/ http://www.softschools.com/math/fractions/teaching_fractions/printfraction_sha

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