Page 38 - Numeracy Skills

FREAKY FRACTIONS

• Work individually.
• The teacher introduces fractions - halves,
thirds, quarters, fifths and sixths.
• The child can create and compare their own
fractions by covering the grids using their 6
bricks.

Example: Look at the grid with 4 blocks. Cover
one quarter / one half / 3 quarters, etc.

• The teacher could also introduce story sums
/ problem solving.

Example: A whole slab of chocolate has 6
squares. If I ate four sixths of the chocolate how
many sixths would I have left?

MEASURE UP!

• The children work with a partner.
• Each pair combines their bricks to build a 5 brick
ruler.
• Each pair collects a list of things to measure (pre-
viously made by teacher).
• The children take their list (could be in pictures if
children cannot read yet) and their 5 brick “ruler”,
and they go and measure the objects.
• They record their findings; discuss and compare
their measurements.

Q: How many bricks to measure the door / table,
etc.
Q: Which is the longest / shortest object
measured?
Q: Are any of the objects the
same size?

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