Y2s Numerators and Denominators (heroes and baddies)

 Today, Y2s enjoyed a creative maths lesson that was designed to embed their recent learning about fractions and create a memorable experience to refer back to. 

We have been learning about numerators and denominators and we decided that a denominator sounded like a baddie and a numerator like a superhero. 

The children were split into groups and designed their own superhero or baddie mask. Numerators covered their masks in numbers and denominators divided their masks into sections. 

We discussed that superheroes (numerators) always come out on top. Baddies (denominators) always end up on the bottom. 

I drew shapes on the board and the denominators noted down how many equal parts I split it into (or how many people there were for them to capture).

The numerators noted down how many of those parts I shaded (or how many of the people they managed to save).

Together, they came together to show the fractions. On the final go, the numerators managed to save the ‘whole’ world.