Fractions - Making the whole - Starter

The material outlines a variety of educational activities aimed at Year 3 students during the Spring Term, specifically for Week 10, Day 5. The "Fluent in Four" revision segment challenges students with mathematical problems to enhance their numerical fluency. One problem presents a subtraction task where students must find a number that is 3 less than one thousand and then subtract 9 more from 8 hundreds. Another exercise requires addition, prompting students to find the sum that, when added to 347, equals 738. These exercises encourage mental arithmetic and problem-solving skills.

Another engaging activity involves understanding weight, as students are asked to order items from heaviest to lightest, enhancing their grasp of measurement and comparison. Additionally, the class is encouraged to participate in a competitive spirit through a House Points Tally, where the performance of the Blue, Red, and Yellow classes is recorded and compared. A pictogram exercise is included, where students must complete the visual representation using the key provided, each symbol equating to 5 grams. This not only reinforces their understanding of data representation but also introduces basic concepts of scale. Lastly, the students are tasked with a practical and creative challenge: to find different ways to fold or cut paper squares into two equal parts, fostering spatial awareness and symmetry recognition.