Lesson Three – Millimetres Match

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to use rulers correctly to measure the length of different objects in millimetres and centimetres accurately.
The class can identify and model how they can select the best unit to use when measuring the length of something in millimetres and centimetres.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to use rulers correctly to measure the length of different objects in millimetres and centimetres accurately
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to select and record the measurement of objects that can be found around the school to match lengths in centimetres and millimetres using half centimetres for support ability levels.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use rulers correctly to measure the length of objects in millimetres and centimetres accurately.
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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