This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record how to compare the mass of different types of fruit stored in a kitchen using non-standard measurements, key vocabulary words and weight recorded in grams.

The class can explain and model how to use some bucket balance scales correctly when comparing the mass of different types of fruit.

Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record how to compare the mass of different types of fruit stored in a kitchen using non-standard measurements, key vocabulary words and weight recorded in grams

Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to practise comparing the mass of some different types of fruit using non-standard measurements for support ability levels, vocabulary words for core ability levels and weight in grams for extension ability levels when working with bucket balances.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compare the mass of different types of fruit using non-standard measurements, key vocabulary and weight in grams.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify and record how to measure, calculate and compare the masses of different things used in a kitchen working with units in 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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