Fractions - Recognise a quarter - Presentation

In a comprehensive lesson aimed at Year 5 pupils, the objective is to develop an understanding of what a quarter represents in the context of fractions. The lesson begins with a discussion, prompting students to consider where they might have previously encountered the term 'quarter' and what it signifies. The interactive presentation encourages pupils to engage with the concept of recognising one quarter, both in theory and through practical activities. Initial exercises involve completing sentences to reinforce the idea that a quarter is one of four equal parts of a whole, using familiar examples such as a pizza divided into equal slices.

Subsequent activities challenge students to apply their knowledge by shading a quarter of various shapes, thereby visualising the fraction in a concrete form. This helps solidify their understanding of quarters as a portion of a whole. The lesson also introduces reasoning tasks, such as correcting misconceptions about the relative sizes of different fractions and determining the truthfulness of statements regarding shaded portions of shapes. Independent work further encourages pupils to identify and shade quarters, circle images representing a quarter, and discern true or false statements about fractions. To deepen their comprehension, children discuss questions related to the division of wholes into quarters, the meaning of the numerator and denominator in the fraction 1/4, different ways to shade a quarter, and the number of quarters that make up a whole.