Fractions: Year 5 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 5 is for the topic of Fractions. Students utilise their understanding of the magnitude of fractions to add and subtract a variety of fractions. Students need to be able to understand fraction notation (e.g. the meaning of the numerator and denominator) and represent repeated addition and subtraction of simple fractions on number lines.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 5
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Planning support, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Student task, Home practice tasks
Format	Web page
Keywords	lesson plans, assessment task, teaching strategies, pedagogies, Australian Curriculum, learning from home, misconceptions
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Fractions
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M5N05 Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators, using different strategies
Numeracy progression	Interpreting fractions (P6)
Copyright details
Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia
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