New Functional Skills Maths Full Lesson -Simplifying Fractions

Suitable for New Reformed Functional Skils Maths also KS3 Maths and GCSE Foundation Maths. A full lesson on Equivalent fractions including simplifying. Includes Starters, Exam Questions, Teaching Powerpoint, Activities, Worksheets,Plenaries. Suitable for New Functional Skills Maths L1/L2.

Contains
1 x 18 slide Interactive Teaching powerpoint
1 x Simplifying Fractions Codebreaker worksheet
1 x Equivalent Fractions worksheet
1 x Equivalent and Simplifying Fractions 4 page Worksheet with worked examples (suitable for homework)**

I have also included interactive versions of the last two worksheets above. Learners can type into these pdfs and return to you be email or other medium, n need for them to print.

This lesson starts with a stopwatch starter where students need to to answer 4 questions based around topics covered in covered in previous lessons.

Main Lesson
Equivalent Fractions
3 Examples
This leads into an individual worksheet where students have to answer questions on finding the missing number in equivalent fractions
Followed by a plenary question-Explain the mistake (shown on screen)

Simplifying Fractions
2 Examples slides
This leads into an individual codebreaker activity sheet where students have to answer simplifying fractions questions to break the code and find the punchline to the joke
Followed by a plenary question-Explain the mistake (shown on screen)
5 x Exam Style Questions slide to help bring their skills together and get exam practice
Finally a summary slide showing the methods with examples (can be printed of as a scaffold or memory aid for students)

Answer included. Also I have included 4 or 5 avatar type images in the slide, so you change the one I have included in the slide if you wish.

I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Any of the the slides could be printed as worksheets if you feel that would be easier for your class.