Lesson Four – Tins and Cans

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and calculate the mass of different types of food tins and cans that have been measured and recorded with matching measurements shown in grams.

The class can model and record how to use addition and subtraction number skills to calculate the mass of each pair of food tins and cans using the correct measurement units.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and calculate the mass of different types of food tins and cans that have been measured and recorded with matching measurements shown in grams

Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to record how to calculate the mass of different types of food tins and cans that have been recorded in measurements for grams using addition and subtraction number skills.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to calculate the mass of different food tins and cans that have been recorded in measurements for grams.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to estimate, measure and compare the mass of different sized objects using standard units of measurement for grams and kilograms. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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