Fraction Fruit Salad
A fantastically fun and engaging way for students to learn about fractions. Students will create fruit salad recipes all the while consolidating their knowledge and understanding of fractions and fractions of a collection including halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths, eights and tenths.
Included in the pack are:
- Grapes
- Strawberries
- Apple in quarters and eights
- Pear in fifths
- Orange in thirds and sixths
- Banana in tenths
- Suggested class recipes
- Bowl template
Laminate for multiple uses.
Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise halves, quarters and eighths of an object and to understand that a group of objects can be separated to show halves, quarters and eighths of the group.
- We are learning to recognise 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole and to locate fractions on a number line.
- We are learning to investigate equivalent fractions, e.g. halves, quarters and eighths or thirds and sixths.
- We are learning to count by quarters, halves and thirds, and convert fractions and locate and show fractions on a number line.
- We are learning to recognise halves, quarters and eighths of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving.
- We are learning to recognise 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/10 and their multiples to a complete whole and fractions of groups in different ways.
- We are learning to find equivalent representations of fractions and make connections between fractions and decimals, e.g. ¼ of 1 metre = .25m or 25cm.
- We are learning to count in fractions on a number line, represent and locate fractions on number lines and convert mixed numerals into improper fractions and vice versa.
Curriculum alignment
AC9M4N04
9
Count by fractions including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines
AC9M4N03
9
Find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation
AC9M3N02
9
Recognise and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
AC9M2N03
9
Recognise and describe one-half as one of 2 equal parts of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving
ACMNA078
8.4
Count by quarters halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals. Locate and represent these fractions on a number line
ACMNA077
8.4
Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts
ACMNA058
8.4
Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole
ACMNA033
8.4
Recognise and interpret common uses of halves, quarters and eighths of shapes and collections
MA2-7NA
old
Represents, models and compares commonly used fractions and decimals
MA2-3WM
old
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA1-7NA
old
Represents and models halves, quarters and eighths
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA2-PF-01
new
Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths)
MA2-MR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
MA2-MR-01
new
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
MA2-AR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
MA2-AR-01
new
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers
MA2-RN-02
new
Represents and compares decimals up to 2 decimal places using place value
MA2-RN-01
new
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent numbers to at least tens of thousands
MA1-FG-01
new
Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems
VCMNA158
Count by quarters, halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals. Locate and represent these fractions on a number line
VCMNA157
Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts
VCMNA136
Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole
VCMNA110
Recognise and interpret common uses of halves, quarters and eighths of shapes and collections
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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