Lesson One – Class Heights

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to measure, record and compare the height of different pupils in the class using measurement units in metres and centimetres.
The class can select and perform a range of number calculations that can be used to find the difference between pairs of heights of different pupils in the class.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to measure, record and compare the height of different pupils in the class using measurement units in metres and centimetres
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to model how to record and compare the height of different pupils in the class using measurements in metres and centimetres to multiples of ten for support ability levels and to ones for core and extension ability levels.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to measure and compare the height of different pupils in the class using units in metres 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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