Fractions in Action

This series of Year 3 'Fractions in Action' lessons will help your class to understand what fractions are and how to use them. With an initial focus on understanding eighths, quarters and halves, and how they relate to each other, your class will then be able to use their knowledge to solve a variety of problems relating to fractions, such as adding and subtracting fractions, ordering fractions and finding fractions of numbers.

With lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets and more, these KS2 'Fractions in Action' lessons for Year 3 are a great way to familiarise your class with fractions over one action-filled week!

Eighths

After recapping what they know about fractions, your class will start to think about eighths and how they relate to halves and quarters. They will identify what fraction of a shape is shaded and start to explore how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.

Finding Equivalences

This lesson uses fraction walls to help your class understand the relationship between quarters, halves, eighths and sixteenths. It also challenges them to find simple equivalences, such as six eighths and three quarters. There is even the chance to play ‘Fractions Snap’ to help them recognise equivalent fractions in a fun way!

Comparing and Ordering

Now that your children are more familiar with certain fractions and their equivalents, this lesson challenges them to put a variety of fractions in order from smallest to largest. They will also place fractions on a number line to help them work out their value.

Fraction Problems

This lesson allows your class to put their knowledge of fractions into action as they use what they know to solve a variety of problems. These include finding fractions of numbers and objects, ordering fractions and answering true or false questions.

Adding and Subtracting

The final lesson in this series looks a little more closely at how to add and subtract fractions. It challenges your class to think about what happens when the answer to an addition calculation is an improper fraction and teaches them how to convert this into a mixed number fraction, as well as how to convert a mixed number fraction to an improper fraction to make calculations easier. There is also the chance to show off their skills at finding equivalent fractions by finding equivalent addition and subtraction statements.