Lesson Two – Fraction Calculations
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to revise and illustrate how to add and subtract pairs of unit and non-unit fractions with the same denominators.
The class can select and record pairs of matching fractions that can be added and subtracted to match each fraction sum for mixed number fraction sums.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to revise and illustrate how to add and subtract pairs of unit and non-unit fractions with the same denominators
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated worksheets to select and record pairs of unit and non-unit fractions that can be added and subtracted together to make different mixed number fraction sums
The interactive presentation gets the children to identify and explain the steps that need to be followed when adding and subtracting a pair of fractions with the same denominators.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to model and record the steps that can be used to solve problems by adding and subtracting pairs of non-unit and mixed number fractions. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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