Maths Year Four Planning Term One

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in maths for Year Four in Key Stage Two covering number and place value, addition and subtraction, length measurements and multiplication and division

Number and Place Value

Identify and illustrate the place value of the digits in different numbers to thousands when sequencing and comparing sets of matching numbers

(A) Number Values

Investigate and record the place value of the numerical digits in different numbers to thousands by partitioning, ordering and comparing

(B) Number Thousands

Compare, order and sequence different sets of four digits numbers by using the place value of their numerical digits including counting in steps of thousands

Addition and Subtraction

Explore and record how to use mental and written calculations to add and subtract pairs of numbers with up to four digits including using exchange between place value to complete each sum

(E) Addition Exchange

Investigate different ways of adding three and four digit numbers using mental and formal written calculations with exchange between place value

(F) Subtraction Steps

Practise mental and written calculation strategies to subtract pairs of numbers with up to four digits including exchange between place value

(G) Addition and Subtraction Solutions

Identify and model how to solve contextual problems using formal written calculations for addition and subtraction including exchange between place value

Measurement

Practise measuring and calculating the areas of shapes using matching measurements that have been recorded in different units for length

(H) Area

Identify, record and compare the surface areas of a range of different rectilinear and irregular shapes by counting their matching numbers of squares

Multiplication and Division

Investigate and model mental and written calculation skills to solve problems involving multiplication and division using the times tables to support each sum

(I) Digit Values

Explore and model how the place value of the digits in different numbers change when multiplied and divided by ten and one hundred

  • Recycling

    Recycling

    Research and present some of the benefits and disadvantages that can be produced when recycling different materials at home and in school

  • Viking Pots

    Viking Pots

    Develop and refine a range of different art and design techniques when working with clay to make pots that represent Viking culture and traditions

  • Bronze Age

    Bronze Age

    Research and illustrate how life in Britain developed and changed during the Bronze Age including the growth of communities and trade

  • Future World

    Future World

    Practise using apostrophes correctly in matching sentences to describe some of the things that might be owned by families in the future