Sunday 10 th May 2015

WALT: Read and write proper fractions. Sunday 10 th May 2015

Try and get some Classdojo Points Today: Working Hard, Team Work, On Task, Participation, Group Work & House Points.

Starter:

Let’s sketch a Minion Function Machine on a whiteboard.

This is what the inside of my Minion Function machine looks like... Look what happens when a number goes into the machine.

29 36

57 64 The Plus 7 Machine

22 31

54 63 The Plus 9 Machine

20 10

40 20 The 1/2 or Divide by 2 Machine

Main Activity.

What is a Fraction? Do we use them everyday?

Look below would you say that these 4 shapes are equal size?

Mr. Michaels Favourite Pizza

We are going to slice this pizza into equal sized pieces. These pieces we can then write as fractions.

First we will slice it into 2 equal sized pieces. Click on the cutter to slice the pizza. Each piece is called a h alf.

1 whole pizza has been split into 2 equal pieces We write it like this. 1 1 equal part 2 2 equal parts

Please help me cut this Pizza in 4 equal parts

1 whole pizza has been split into 4 equal pieces We write it like this. 1 1 equal part 4 4 equal parts

Please help me cut this Pizza in 8 equal parts.

1 whole pizza has been split into 8 equal pieces We write it like this equal part 8 equal parts

How would I write the fraction for the parts of the Pizza (shaded in yellow)? How would I write the fraction for the parts of the Pizza (shaded in red)?

12 Cubes What number would be 1/2 of these 12 cubes? What number would be 1/4 of these 12 cubes? What number would be 3/4 of these 12 cubes?

How could I write the number of dark blue cubes as a fraction? How could I write the number of red cubes as a fraction? How could I write the number of white cubes as a fraction? How could I right the number of yellow cubes as a fraction?

How could you shade 3/8 of this rectangle? How could you shade 1/8 of this rectangle? How could I shade 4/8 of this rectangle? Sum

Todays Task in Our Books ….

Bag 1 (10 cubes) Light Blue = Red = White = Bag 2 (7 cubes) Green = Red = White =

and then ….

Did you understand the work today? Draw in your book or sheet which face….

Fraction Plenary

Team A If you eat 1/4 of this pizza how much will be left?

Team B If you eat 2 pieces of this pizza and your friend eats 1 how many 10ths did you eat altogether?

Team C All the children are going to share the pizza. We will cut enough pieces so each child can have one, and the pieces should all be the same size. What fraction of the pizza did each child get?

Team D All the children are going to share the pizza. We will cut enough pieces so each child can have one, and the pieces should all be the same size. The boys looked at the Pizza and decided they did not want any…… What fraction of Pizza was left over?

Team A 2. What fraction of the circle is shaded red?

Team B 1. What fraction of the circle is shaded green?

Team C 3.What fraction would you write for the color RED? 4.What fraction would you write for the color green?