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Unit H – Grams and Kilograms

This maths scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to estimate, measure and compare the mass of different sized objects using standard units of measurement for grams and kilograms. The class can use symbols and vocabulary words to compare masses of objects found in a family home.

Estimate, measure and compare the mass of different sized objects using standard units of measurement for grams and kilograms

Lesson One : Toy Cupboard
Identify and model how select and use vocabulary words and symbols to compare the mass of different types of toys and games

Lesson Two : Fruit Bowl
Identify and explain how to complete and record a selection of written sentences to describe the equal masses of different pairs of fruit

Lesson Three : Kitchen Scales
Practise using a set of kitchen scales to correctly measure in grams the individual masses of different types of food that could be used for a range of meal recipes

Lesson Four : Tins and Cans
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

Lesson Five : Bag Kilograms
Identify and explain how to fill different sized bags with sets of classroom or home objects to match a range of masses that have been recorded in measurements for kilograms
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Castle Defense
Investigate and record different ways that castles were constructed and located in the past to provide protection to the inhabitants and local community
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Digit Addition
Practise adding different pairs of single digit numbers to record matching sums to ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support calculations
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Suffix Sentences
Identify and illustrate how word roots can change their spellings meanings after suffixes have been added when used in some example sentences
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Dragon Poems
Select descriptive vocabulary to use when writing poems that play with language to describe different parts of a dragon