Halves and quarters of shapes and quantities, kept in words just as Year 1 asks. Children check whether shapes are cut into equal halves, name shaded halves and quarters, then share numbers into equal groups. Weasel’s reasoning question tackles the most common fractions mistake: unequal pieces.

The sheet comes in three differentiated tiers (Supported ●, Core ●●, Extending ●●●), all practising the same skill. You can hand out all three in one lesson and the whole class works on the same objective.

What’s included (5 A4 pages, PDF):

• Teacher’s note: overview, curriculum link and suggested uses
• ● Supported: is the shape cut into halves? Tick or cross, colour half of each ticked shape, then share 6 acorns into 2 equal groups
• ●● Core: look at the shaded part and write half or quarter, then find half and a quarter of 8 acorns
• ●●● Extending: halves and quarters of numbers up to 20, two quarters make a half, four quarters make a whole, a sharing word problem, and Weasel’s reasoning question: ‘I cut my pie into 2 pieces, so each piece is a half.’ Is Weasel right?
• Answers page with the matching National Curriculum objectives

Curriculum link: Year 1 Number (fractions): ‘recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity’ and ‘recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, shape or quantity’. Fractions are written in words throughout, since writing ½ and ¼ is Year 2. Also suits Year 2 consolidation.

Great for independent practice, small groups, intervention, homework, assessment and early finishers.

Print-ready A4, black-and-white friendly, no preparation needed. Woodland animal line art (beetle, jay and weasel) that children can colour in.