Maths focus: Measurement |
Learning Intention: Can I use everyday language to talk about size. Can I order up to 5 items from the longest to the shortest and the tallest to the shortest and vice-versa. Can I use non-standard measures (e.g. the same size bricks) to find the tallest/longest/shortest object.
Key vocabulary: Short/ shorter than/ shortest long/ longer than/ longest tall/ taller than/ tallest big/ bigger than/ biggest order size measure non-standard measure how many? most/least estimate
Explain length means something is measured in a horizontal position. Explain height means something is measured in a vertical position.
There are labels in the maths sheet star section, for your child to read and use when doing the activities mentioned below.
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Useful Websites Titch- a story about size: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BNxLeKI20
Three Billy Goats Gruff- a story about size- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QzT1sq6kCY Comparing & Measuring Lengths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIQg8e0erEE Comparing - Height, Length, Weight, Size, And Shape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTPNkuv1Qo Super Fab Lab! - Nonstandard Measurement - Sid The Science Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aU0f6ajtJE
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Below are some activities you can do over the course of the week.
You can do one or a few each day. You can also repeat activities in order to help your child to fully understand the concepts of measurement, or if your child has particularly enjoyed them.
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Activity: Think of, discuss and draw some really tall things, e.g. flats, Big Ben, double decker bus, elephant, tree, crane etc.
Do the same for some really long things, e.g. Boa Constrictor snake, train track, road, Tower Bridge, lorry, river etc.
Do the same for short things, e.g. matchstick, ant, paper clip, ladybird etc.
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Activity: Find things around your home, in your garden or seen during a walk which are: Longer than…. Taller than….. Shorter than……. a specified item in your house.
How many items can you find?
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Activity: Order the members of your family according to height: tallest to shortest or shortest to tallest.
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Activity: Give your child 2 items from different lengths (long and short). Ask your child to identify the long item, then ask him/her to tell you how s/he knows. Encourage him/her to use the vocabulary longer than in the explanation. Do the same for the short item and encourage him/her to use the vocabulary shorter than in the explanation. Use items found around your house, e.g. spoon, fork, spatula, pencil, car, shoe, piece of string/ribbon, CD case etc.
Repeat the activity above for a tall and short item. Encourage him/her to use the vocabulary taller than or shorter than in the explanation.
Weather permitting, go into the garden to find the longer/shorter/taller items.
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Activity: Give you’re an item found in your house and ask him/her to find an object in the house which is longer than and an object which is shorter than the original item. Then ask your child to place the items in order: longest to shortest. Ask your child to identify the longest item, then ask him/her to tell you how s/he knows. Encourage him/her to use the vocabulary longer than in the explanation. Do the same for the short item and encourage him/her to use the vocabulary shorter than in the explanation.
Do the same activity for finding the tallest and shortest item. Encourage him/her to use the vocabulary taller than or shorter than in the explanation.
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Activity: Give your child 5 items of different lengths (found around your house). Ask your child to order the items from longest to shortest. Then ask your child to explain how s/he knows item is the longest and shortest. Encourage your child to use the correct vocabulary in his/her explanations. Model the language if your child needs some support.
Do the same activity for ordering 5 items from the tallest to the shortest.
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Activity: Using playdough or a dough made from mixing flour and water together, ask your child to make a long and a short snake. Then ask your child to make another snake which is longer than the other 2 snakes. Ask your child to order them from the shortest to the longest. Then repeat the process until there are 5 snakes and they have been placed in order of size (shortest to longest).
Do the same activity for tall and short/taller and shorter than/ tallest and shortest. This time the children can make a tree or a flower or a tower with the dough.
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Activity: Using construction, e.g. bricks, boxes, lego, sticklebricks or whatever you have at home, ask your child to build a tall/short tower (or your child can choose their own item to build). Then to build 5 towers of different lengths and order from the tallest to the shortest or the tallest to the shortest.
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Activity: Ask your child to draw/paint a short and long worm/ cracker/ crocodile or something of his/her own choice. Then ask him/her to paint or draw 3 more which are shorter or longer than those already drawn.
Your child can cut out the items they have drawn and order them according to their length or can stick them onto paper from the longest to the shortest.
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Activity: Have 3 sizes of objects, e.g. cup, mug, tin, yoghurt pot, teddy bear, doll, dinosaur etc. Explain to the child that you are going to find out which container is the tallest and you are going to use a non-standard measure to find out how tall each one is. Non-standard measure- could use the same size bricks, same size lego bricks or any same size item which can be stacked/ placed one on top of the other. Label each object a, b and c. Object a: if you are using wooden bricks, ask your child to estimate how many bricks tall s/he thinks the item will be. Then ask your child to find out. Discuss how many bricks tall the item is. Discuss if his/her estimate was a sensible one. Then ask your child to record the answer, e.g. s/he could draw a picture of the item and the right number of bricks next to it and/or write a sentence, e.g. object a is 3 bricks tall/ write number 3 next to the bricks. Using the knowledge of how many bricks tall object a was, ask him/her to estimate how many bricks tall object b will be. Then ask your child to find out and record the answer. Questions to ask: Which is taller? How do you know? Which is shorter? How do you know? Repeat the process for object c. Questions to ask: Which is the tallest/ How do you know? Which is the shortest? How do you know?
*Can repeat this activity with different objects/ using 5 objects. *Can repeat this activity to find the longer/longest object. Possible items: toy car, train, lorry, snake, straw, stick etc.
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Activity: Who can jump the longest distance? Can play this inside or outside. Use rope/string/ ribbon or another item to mark where you jump from. Can be played either jumping from a standing position or running and jumping when reach the rope.
Can place an object to mark where the jump ended or Use string/ ribbon/ a tape measure/a ruler to measure how far each person jumped. Discuss at the end who jumped the longest/ shortest distance? How do you know?
Have 3/5 jumps and see if you can jump further/ a longer distance each time.
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Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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