Your one move
Aanya and two others — comparing by the top number only
The rest are ordering three fractions well and are ready to slot a fourth one in.
Lesson plan the AI suggests
The hour · 20 / 10 / 20 / 10
Instruction
Same bottom, then compare
Whole class: turn 3/4 and 2/3 into twelfths, then compare. Show why you cannot trust the top number alone.
Builds straight on Tuesday's equal-fractions lesson, so it should feel familiar.
1:1 Talk-buddy
Bigger or smaller, and why
Pairs sort six fraction cards into bigger-than-half and smaller-than-half, saying the reason each time.
Half is a friendly anchor; it catches the 'top number only' mix-up fast.
Self-work
Order the fraction sets
Three levels of ordering sheets by name. Pull Aanya, Veer and Mira to a quick same-bottom drill.
Support sheet keeps the bottoms small (halves, quarters, eighths) on purpose.
Activity
Human number line
Six children hold fraction cards and arrange themselves smallest to largest at the front. The class checks.
Movement close; no materials beyond the printed cards.
The class
The class · 20 children
Aanya Bhat
Compares by the top number only
Veer Malhotra
Forgets to match the bottoms
Mira Sundaram
Unsure once the bottoms differ
Rohan Pillai
Moving with the class
Ira Nambiar
Moving with the class
Yuvan Raj
Ordering five fractions cleanly
Anaya Desai
Moving with the class
Atharv Kamath
Moving with the class
Siya Menon
Moving with the class
Arnav Ghosh
Moving with the class
Kavya Rao
Asks about fractions on a number line
Devansh Jain
Moving with the class
Ahana Pai
Moving with the class
Vivaan Shetty
Moving with the class
Nitara Reddy
Moving with the class
Shaurya Kapoor
Moving with the class
Riaan Verma
Moving with the class
Meher Singh
Moving with the class
Aradhya Nair
Moving with the class
Laksh Iyer
Moving with the class
Worth a small group
Children whose last worksheet didn't pass the skill yet.
Aanya Bhat
Last sheet: chose 3/8 over 1/2 — top-number habit
Veer Malhotra
Did not match bottoms before comparing
Mira Sundaram
Comparing unlike bottoms not secure yet
Worksheets matched to each child
Bigger than half, smaller than half
Target skill · Use half as an anchor
- 1.Is 3/8 bigger or smaller than 1/2? Show how you know.
- 2.Sort these into two groups: 1/3, 5/8, 2/5, 3/4.
- 3.Write one fraction that is just bigger than 1/2.
Order three fractions
Target skill · Order with unlike bottoms
- 1.Order smallest first: 2/3, 1/2, 5/6.
- 2.Make the bottoms the same, then order: 3/4, 2/5, 7/10.
- 3.Which two of 1/2, 3/8, 5/8 are closest together?
Slot in a fourth fraction
Target skill · Reason about size
- 1.Place 5/9 into the order: 1/3, 1/2, 2/3.
- 2.Find a fraction between 2/5 and 1/2.
- 3.True or false: a bigger bottom always means a smaller fraction? Explain.