Year 1 Fractions Worksheets – Halves

Teach early fractions confidently with this Year 1 fractions lesson resource pack from Summer Block 2 Week 5, fully aligned with the White Rose Maths small steps and the Year 1 National Curriculum. Across the week, pupils learn what a half is, how to make a whole from two halves, and how to find half of a shape and half of a quantity using practical, visual methods.

Children begin by exploring what it means to share something equally. They learn that we only have a half when an object or shape is split into two equal parts. They then build understanding by matching halves to make wholes, shading half of different shapes, and finding half of sets of objects by sharing into two equal groups. These lessons are designed to be hands-on and child-friendly, with lots of opportunities for mathematical talk and reasoning.

Small steps covered in Week 5

• Make a half
• Make a whole
• Find a half of a shape
• Find a half of a quantity

What’s included in this fractions lesson pack?

• Detailed lesson planning with key questions, vocabulary and misconceptions
• Interactive teaching slides to model halves and wholes clearly
• Differentiated Year 1 fractions worksheets for each small step
• Practical activities for folding, cutting, shading and sharing equally
• Reasoning and challenge tasks to deepen understanding

This pack supports pupils in meeting the Year 1 objective to recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity, while also developing the language of equal, unequal, whole, part and share equally.

Browse the full unit here: Year 1 Fractions resources.