Fractions - Recognise a quarter - Presentation

In a series of engaging teaching slides, Year 5 students are introduced to the concept of recognising a quarter within the topic of fractions. The lesson begins with a discussion prompting students to consider what a quarter might mean. This sets the stage for a deeper understanding of fractions as parts of a whole. The first activity asks students to complete sentences related to a visual representation of a pizza divided into equal parts, with each part representing a quarter. Students are encouraged to think about the meaning of a quarter and how it relates to the whole.

Further activities involve practical exercises where students are tasked with shading a quarter of various shapes, reinforcing their ability to visually identify and understand the fraction. The lesson also includes reasoning tasks, such as addressing misconceptions about the size of a quarter compared to a half by using paper strips to demonstrate the difference. Students are prompted to explain their reasoning when determining if a quarter of a shape is shaded correctly. Independent work extends their learning, with exercises that require them to shade a quarter of shapes and identify quarters in different images. The lesson concludes with critical thinking questions about the nature of quarters, including how many parts a whole is split into to make quarters, what the numerals in the fraction represent, and how to confirm that a quarter has been accurately shaded.