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Fractions: halves, quarters and thirds

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring fractions, from making equal parts through to counting in fractions.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 2, Year 3
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	fractions, unit fractions, non-unit fractions, equivalence, reasoning, problem-solving, fluency, understanding, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Fractions
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M2N03 Recognise and describe one-half as one of 2 equal parts of a whole and connect halves, quarters and eighths through repeated halving AC9M2M02 Identify common uses and represent halves, quarters and eighths in relation to shapes, objects and events AC9M3N02 Recognise and represent unit fractions including 12, 13, 14, 15 and 110 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
Numeracy progression	Interpreting fractions (P2, P5)
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