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.
Downloads
- Slides: Fraction activities Years 7–10 (PPTX 3,410 KB)
- Facilitator Notes: Fraction activities Years 7–10 (DOCX 156 KB)
Related modules
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions-module-1/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions-module-2/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions-module-3/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions-module-4/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions-module-6/
- https://dmn.aamt.edu.au/learning-modules/opening-the-top-drawer-to-fractions/
