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Fraction Fruit Salad
2 3 4 Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities Mathematics Fractions & Decimals Number & Place Value 14 Pages

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.
 

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Learning goals

  • 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 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 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 count in fractions on a number line, represent and locate fractions on number lines and convert mixed numerals into improper fractions and vice versa.
  • 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.

Curriculum alignment

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 MA1-7NA old Represents and models halves, quarters and eighths 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 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
VCMNA136 Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole VCMNA157 Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts VCMNA158 Count by quarters, halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals. Locate and represent these fractions on a number line 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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