Opening the Top Drawer to Fractions Module 5

Fraction activities Years 7–10

Duration: 60 minutes

Year levels: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9

Category: Number, Number, Number, Number, Number, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Proportions, Proportions, Proportions, Proportions, Proportions, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers

Proficiency standards: Fluency, Fluency, Fluency, Fluency, Fluency, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding

AITSL standards: 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

Use: Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers

Teaching practices: Assessment, Assessment, Assessment, Assessment, Assessment, Assessment Strategies, Assessment Strategies, Assessment Strategies, Assessment Strategies, Assessment Strategies, Attitudes, Attitudes, Attitudes, Attitudes, Attitudes, Curriculum, Curriculum, Curriculum, Curriculum, Curriculum, Differentiation, Differentiation, Differentiation, Differentiation, Differentiation, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Feedback & Reporting, Feedback & Reporting, Feedback & Reporting, Feedback & Reporting, Feedback & Reporting, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Planning, Planning, Planning, Planning, Planning, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning

Module 5 specifically addresses Year 7 and provides a range of activities to teach fractions. It considers a concrete, pictorial, abstract (CPA) approach, and a bar model approach.

This module has examples for teaching fractions using a concrete, pictorial, abstract approach and a bar method approach that links a fraction bar to typical fraction problems.