Sentence Stems And Vocabulary Lists | Fractions, Decimals, Percentages And Ratio

Create a common mathematical language between all pupils and staff with these fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio sentence stems and vocabulary lists.

Secure and deepen pupils’ understanding of fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio with all of the appropriate vocabulary and sentence stems you need for Years 1 to 6 in one central place.

Display the fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio vocabulary lists on your working wall or place them in pupil's books at the start of a topic to encourage accurate mathematical vocabulary.

Use these fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio sentence stems in class to help pupils vocalise their mathematical thinking. Alternatively, send them home to help pupils complete their place value homework and encourage mathematical conversations outside the classroom.

Sentence stems can be a whole sentence, for example: 10 ones are equal to one ten. Alternatively, they can have missing parts that can be filled for flexible use, for example: The number that comes before (number) is (number). This can be completed using 1-digit numbers (The number before 5 is 4.) or with larger numbers (The number before 1,000,000 is 999,999.)

Each set of sentence stems is carefully designed to reflect when each fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio concept is introduced in our whole class teaching resource, Ready-To-Go lessons (aligned to White Rose version 3).

Teachers understand the importance of using consistent and mathematically correct language while also reducing cognitive load. Providing pupils with a sentence stem frame to build upon helps pupils focus on understanding the mathematical concept while using the correct mathematical language.

Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio sentence stems and vocabulary

• Year 1: Understanding fractions, parts and wholes, half and quarter.

• Year 2: Understanding numerators and denominators, writing fractions and equivalent fractions.

• Year 3: Fractions on a number line, comparing fractions, finding fractions of a set of objects, adding and subtracting fractions and equivalent fractions.

• Year 4: Understanding wholes, mixed numbers and improper fractions, tenths and hundredths, dividing by 10 and 100, comparing decimals and rounding decimals.

• Year 5: Equivalent fractions, fractions as decimals, hundredths and tenths as decimals, adding and subtracting decimals, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 and understanding percentages.

• Year 6: Simplifying fractions, comparing fractions, adding and subtracting fractions, division and fractions, percentages, ratio and proportions.