Year 4 - Decimals - Part 1

Take your Year 4 Decimals learning outdoors with this fun and engaging outdoor unit. Your children will work on a variety of objectives, incorporating physical movement, natural resources, engaging gameplay and your own outdoor space to deepen their understanding.

Lesson Plans

Tenths as fractions and decimals

Using your outdoor space and resources available to hand, your children will explore the concept of tenths and look at how they are represented as both fraction and decimals through the hands-on activities within this outdoor lesson.

Learning objective:

To understand tenths as fractions and decimals

Dividing 1 and 2-digit numbers by 10

Give your children the opportunity to build their fluency of dividing by 10 using this practical and fun outdoor lesson! They’ll play games, use natural resources and work collaboratively to achieve this, with minimal preparation needed!

Learning objective:

To divide a 1 or 2-digit number by 10

Hundredths as fractions and decimals

Deepen your children’s understanding of how to represent hundredths as fractions and decimals and begin to explore the link between these, looking for equivalents with this easy-to-prepare outdoor lesson. Guaranteed to get your children using their reasoning skills while working practically outside.

Learning objective:

To understand hundredths as fractions and decimals

Dividing 1 and 2-digit numbers by 100

Have your children practise their division skills with this fun and simple outdoor lesson! They’ll need to work collaboratively, and use place value grids to achieve this objective through physical movement and gameplay!

Learning objective:

To divide a 1 or 2-digit number by 100

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