Fractions - Count in tenths - Starter

The teaching material provided is aimed at Year 3 students during their first week of the summer term, focusing on the concept of fractions, specifically counting in tenths. The lesson includes a starter activity that encourages students to become 'Fluent in Four' through a revision exercise that involves a series of mental math problems. These problems include time calculations, such as identifying '10 past 9' and performing arithmetic operations like dividing 36 by 9, understanding multiples of ten, and applying halving and quartering to the number 16.

The main activity of the lesson involves a practical application of fractions through a real-world scenario. Students are asked to determine how many bananas each monkey would receive if fifteen bananas were shared equally among them. They are encouraged to write down the calculation they used to find the answer, which involves dividing the total number of bananas by the number of monkeys. Additionally, the lesson includes exercises on sequencing fractions and understanding turns, where students need to identify the fraction that comes before a given number and the type of anticlockwise turn made (half or quarter turn). The lesson is designed to be interactive, with opportunities for students to fill in tables and engage with visual representations of fractions.