This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and record how to compare and order some different leaves found in a garden location by their matching lengths using non-standard measurements.

The class can identify and learn special vocabulary words that can be used to describe and compare the length of something found in a garden.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record how to compare and order some different leaves found in a garden location by their matching lengths using non-standard measurements

Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to identify and record the length of some different leaves to match non-standard measurements against different sized sticks and worksheets to compare the length of garden leaves to matching rows of cube shapes.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compare and order some different leaves found in a garden by their length using non-standard measurements.

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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