Lesson Five – Length Changes
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and record how to convert the lengths of different classroom objects between measurements in millimetres and centimetres.
The class can identify and illustrate how to read the scale divisions on a ruler correctly when measuring the lengths of a range of different classroom objects accurately.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and record how to convert the lengths of different classroom objects between measurements in millimetres and centimetres
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to identify and record the length of different objects that can be found in the classroom using measurements in centimetres that can be converted into millimetres.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to convert different lengths between measurements recorded in millimetres and centimetres.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to measure the length and height of different objects in metres, centimetres and millimetres using different measuring tools and equipment. 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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