Lesson Three – Area Match

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record pictorial examples of different rectilinear shapes that have the same areas by counting their matching number of squares.

The class can identify and illustrate a range of different shapes with the same matching areas and shapes with areas that are bigger or smaller.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and record pictorial examples of different rectilinear shapes that have the same areas by counting their matching number of squares

Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to select and record examples of different rectilinear shapes with the same area by counting their matching number of squares and a template to identify a selection of rectilinear shapes with the same area using square shapes.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record examples of different rectilinear shapes with the same area by counting their matching number of squares.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify, record and compare the surface areas of a range of different rectilinear and irregular shapes by counting their matching numbers of squares. 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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