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5 outdoor lessons to teach fractions to Year 5

Year 5 Fractions

Bring fractions to life outdoors with fun, active lessons that get children moving while mastering key skills. From multiplying and converting fractions to finding fractions of amounts, ordering, comparing, and exploring equivalence, these hands-on activities make fractions practical, engaging, and memorable.

Lesson Plans

Comparing fractions whose denominators are multiples of the same number

During this active outdoor lesson, your children will compare and order fractions using different representations. This is a low preparation lesson that will also provide your children with the chance to work out the missing terms in sequences of fractions and justify their answers.

Learning objective:

To compare and order fractions.

Identifying equivalent fractions

The main activity of this active lesson involves your children going on a trail hunt around your outdoor space to find equivalent fractions. They will also have the opportunity to develop their understanding of linear sequences and revisit ordering a set of fractions.

Learning objective:

To identify equivalent fractions.

Finding fractions of an amount

Transform your typical worksheet lesson into a fun and engaging practical one outdoors! During this lesson, your children will practise finding fractions of an amount in an active way, while also being asked to explain their reasoning and use practical models to support their working out.

Learning objective:

To find fractions of an amount.

Adding and subtracting fractions

Deepen your children’s understanding of adding and subtracting fractions in this fun and easy to resource outdoor lesson! They’ll have the opportunity to develop their overall fluency with fractions, including equivalent fractions while incorporating movement to boost engagement.

Learning objective:

To add and subtract fractions.

Multiplying fractions by whole numbers

During this active outdoor lesson, children will engage in a variety of fun playground games which will reinforce their knowledge and skill of multiplying fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers. In addition, they’ll also practise converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

Learning objective:

To multiply fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers.

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