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Length Lines
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and add pairs of lengths in units for centimetres and millimetres and record matching sets of lines that have been measured and drawn correctly.
The class can identify and practise using number calculations skills when adding the pairs of selected measurements to find each total length such as partitioning and counting on.
Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and add pairs of lengths in units for centimetres and millimetres and record matching sets of lines that have been measured and drawn correctly
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated worksheets to model how to add pairs of lengths that have been recorded in units for centimetres and millimetres and draw the matching sets of lines for each length sum correctly when using rulers with different division scales.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to add pairs of lengths in centimetres and millimetres and record matching sets of drawn lines.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements. 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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