Flower Heights
This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore and record how to use some non-standard measurements to measure the height of different flowers that can be found in garden areas around the school grounds.
The class can identify and learn some special vocabulary words that can be used to describe and compare the height of something found in a garden location.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how to use some non-standard measurements to measure the height of different flowers that can be found in garden areas around the school grounds
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe and compare different types of flowers by their height and a set of cards to identify and match some flowers growing in a garden area in the school grounds that are the same height as different towers of cubes,
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use non-standard measurements to record the height of different flowers found around the school grounds.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden. 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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