Take three hands-up answers, not open call-outs. Give five seconds of quiet think-time first.

Listen for pupils reasoning from how far along the line rather than guessing. Revoice a strong answer: so the one closest to 0 has the smallest top number.

Work each line left to right with the class. On the fifths line, ask which marker is nearest 0 before naming it — hold out for the answer rather than reading it off.

• Fifths — the point: when the bottom numbers all match, the top number alone tells you the order.
• Quarters — note 2/4 lands exactly halfway; a good moment to ask why.
• Eighths — the steps are finer; turn to a pupil and have them name the smallest, then revoice their reasoning to the room so the watch beat stays live.
• Tenths — slow down, count the jumps from 0 aloud, and take a second pupil's answer for the biggest before you confirm it.

Revoice a strong contribution: so we didn't need to shade anything — we just looked at the top numbers.

Talk this one through together — pupils take turns at the board and the class agrees or corrects out loud.

The line is ticked and labelled in fifths, so pupils place against real fifths rather than counting decimals. After all three markers are down, read the order off the line left to right and ask is the order the same as if we'd just looked at the top numbers?

• All three markers start stacked at 0 — say which marker is which before the first pupil comes up, or two pupils will reach for the same one.
• Watch for a pupil dropping a marker near the wrong tick — get them to count the jumps from 0.
• Rotate three pupils, one per marker, then ask a fourth to say the finished order aloud.
• The Class Challenge that follows takes the same idea onto eighths, tenths and quarters, one fraction at a time.

This is the practice round — pupils take turns at the board, check each answer, and the class confirms before moving on. Keep the board work brisk rather than over-explaining.

After each placement, keep the ordering thread alive: is this one bigger or smaller than the fraction we placed last time, and how can you tell from the line? The last one, seven tenths, is the finest line and sits close to 1 — a good stretch to finish on.