London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Observation 2 Year 8 - Fractions Lesson 1 – Linking division and fractions Lesson 2 – Equivalent fractions Today – Simplifying fractions Mr He (Mike) Yangjin-Juyuan Experimental School Lesson 5 – Common denominator Lesson 6 – Adding and subtracting fractions Lesson 7 – Multiplying fractions

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Taking the concrete to the abstract

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Taking the concrete to the abstract 1÷ 2

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Can you try? Taking the concrete to the abstract Multiply the numerators, multiply the denominators!

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Conceptual Variation If I want to divide 3 mooncakes into 4 equal parts. How many mooncakes in each part?

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Procedural Variation 1. Multiple examples of the problem ⑴ 7÷ 13= ⑵ 3÷ 11= ⑶ 8÷ 5= ⑷ 9÷ 16= ⑸n÷m=

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Procedural Variation 3. Multiple applications of a method ⑴（ ）÷ 7= ⑶ =（ ）÷ 9 ⑵ 1÷（ ）= ⑷ =（ ）÷（ ）

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Different forms of variation Multiple examples of the problem Multiple methods of solving a problem Multiple applications of a method

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 分数=Fraction 分: distribute 数: number

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 1 divided into 3 1 is not divided

London Thames Maths Hub Shanghai Teaching Showcase 2015 Observation – What to look out for 1) Mr He’s lesson plan 2) Lesson PPT slides – with space to annotate 3) Worksheet 4) Observation Form