Fractions - Tenths - Planning

The curriculum for Year 3 students during the summer term includes a week dedicated to understanding fractions, specifically tenths. In this segment, children are introduced to the concept of tenths, which are defined as one whole divided into 10 equal parts. Using a variety of resources such as worksheets and presentations, the lesson aims to reinforce this mathematical concept through visual and verbal methods. The children will engage in activities that require them to identify and represent tenths in different formats, such as shaded parts of a grid or in the context of sharing items like cookies or a banana equally among people.

The lesson plan is structured to begin with a review of previous knowledge, followed by a series of activities that gradually build on the children's understanding of tenths. The activities range from recognising tenths in frames to solving word problems and representing tenths in diverse ways. Throughout the lesson, key questions prompt the students to reflect on how many tenths make a whole and how to distinguish tenths from the number 10. To cater to different learning levels, the lesson includes differentiated worksheets that challenge the children to identify, shade, and solve multi-step problems involving tenths. The plenary session encourages students to reflect on what they have learnt, the skills they have used, and any difficulties they encountered, ensuring they remember that a tenth is one of 10 equal parts of a whole.