FRACTIONS & DECIMALS

Week

Five

Outcome
Compare and order common unit
fractions and locate and represent
them on a number line (ACMNA102)

Content
place fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
8, 10 and 12 on a number line between 0 and 1, eg

compare and order unit fractions with

denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 100
compare the relative value of unit fractions by
placing them on a number line between 0 and 1
(Communicating, Reasoning)
investigate and explain the relationship
between the value of a unit fraction and its
denominator (Communicating, Reasoning)

Teaching Activities
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson

1 Fraction War
2 Paper Folding
3 Colour the Fraction
4 Fraction Track

Resources

Fraction task cards

Worksheets
Interactive fraction wall - http://www.visnos.com/demos/fraction-wall
Playing cards
Whiteboards and whiteboard markers

TOWN Activity & LISC

Students are to complete the
assigned TOWN activity prior to
teaching each lesson.
Learning Intention:
To be able to compare and order
fractions on a number line.
Success Criteria:
I can place fractions on a number
line.
I can compare the value of
fractions.

Evaluation

Lesson One
Fraction War

Lesson Two
Paper Folding

Discussion

Discussion

| Revise fractions with students fractions are used when we need to count
a part of something. For example, we know this is a square (draw on board),
but what if we wanted to know how much this part of the square is (shade
)? To figure this out we use fractions.

| Revise fractions previous lessons.
| Revise number lines - shows number relationships because as you move
from left to the right, the numbers increase. So 2 is greater than 2
because it comes after 2 on the number line, but less than 3 because it comes
before 3.

Guided
| Play with 2-4 players
1. Using a regular deck of cards, deal the cards out evenly to each player.
2. Keeping the cards face down, each player turns over their top two cards.
The first card turned over is the numerator, and the second card is the
denominator.
3. Use the strategies you learned in class to compare your fraction to the
other players fraction(s). The player with the highest fraction wins all of the
cards.
4. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.
Notes: Picture cards = 10 and aces = 1
If two fractions are equivalent (and are the highest fraction), divide the
cards up evenly among the winners
Pairs
| Students are to work in pairs to complete the different Fractions Task
Cards.
Reflection
| Students are to discuss what they have learned about fractions and share
this with the class.

Guided
| Using a blank sheet of paper, fold the paper lengthwise (hotdog style). 2.
Draw a line lengthwise about 2cm above the crease. 3. Place a tick mark at
each end, labelling 0 on the left and 1 on the right. 4. Keep the paper folded
lengthwise. a. Now fold the paper in half (hamburger style) and crease. Unfold
just this fold. Mark a tick mark at the crease of the line and label . b. Repeat
the fold from step a., then fold a second time. Unfold, add tick marks at the
creases and label the fourths (1/4, and 3/4). c. Repeat the folds from step a &
b., then fold a third time. Unfold, add tick marks to the creases and label the
missing fractions. d. Repeat the folds from step a.-c., then fold a fourth time.
Unfold, add tick marks at the creases and label the missing fractions.
Independent
| Students are to complete Fractions & Number Lines worksheets.
Reflection
| Ask students: does the number line you created remind you of anything we
use in math?
When you placed the fourths on the number line, why didnt you have to label
2/4?
How did you know what denominator to use in steps c. and d.?

Lesson Three
Colour the Fraction
Discussion
| Watch video with students (Plotting Basic Fractions on the Number Line) https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/fractions-prealg/understanding-fractions-pre-alg/v/plotting-basic-fractions-on-the-numberline
| Watch video with students (Fractions on the Number Line) https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/fractions-prealg/understanding-fractions-pre-alg/e/fractions_on_the_number_line_1
| Discuss the videos and where, how and why we use fractions and number
lines in the real world.

Guided/Groups
| Play Colour the Fraction as a whole class: Enlarge the game board to A3.
Organise the students in two teams to play against each other, providing
each team with a game board.
| See game board for rules and instructions can be played as a whole class,
in groups or individually.

Lesson Four
Fraction Track
Discussion
| Revise the previous lessons on fractions and number lines.
| Review the meaning of the numerator & denominator.

Guided
| Use site http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/mathematics/k6/l
earningobjects/fraction_track/applets/fractiontrack.swf
| Students, in pairs, use the learning object A fraction track to develop
understanding of equivalence. The object of the activity is to move all the red
sliders across the track in the smallest number of moves. The students click
on the playing card to identify the fraction and move one slider by the amount
on the card, or move more than one slider as long as it equals and doesnt
exceed the value of the fraction.

Reflection
| Students are to revise what they have learned about fractions and number
lines as a whole class.

Reflection
| Students are to revise what they have learned about fractions and number
lines as a whole class.