Lesson video

Welcome to your lesson on comparing sets without counting.

Your math lesson today will be with me, Mrs. Harris, and I'm very much looking forward to working with you to do some comparing without counting.

So let's find out what we're going to do today and what we'll need.

We're going to begin by talking about some comparing words.

If we're going to do comparisons, we need the words to do it.

So our lesson begins with comparing words.

Once we know the words, we're going to use them.

So the second part of our lesson is using comparing words.

And our lesson is going to finish with time to play.

I think the best way to learn about comparing things is through play, so I would like you to do some playing.

So we know what we're going to do.

Let's find out what we're going to need.

You're going to need some toys to play with.

I'd like you to set up a tea party, and you can do that later, but these are the things you're going to need for it, maybe some teddy bears or dolls, some food, real food, play food, pasta, dried pasta, might be, some cups, some plates.

Make sure they're not breakable or that you're really careful with them.

And I'd like you to pause the video now and go and find them things, and remember to press play again when you've got them.

Hi.

I'm starting to set out my tea party.

And as I do so, I'm going to use the words that you're going to use as you set up your tea party.

It's words we're going to use to compare our sets.

Now I have a set of toy animals, and they're going to be my guests at the tea party, just going to spread them out a little.

I have a set of crisps, a set of chocolates.

I'm going to pretend these are biscuits, so I have a set of biscuits.

And I have a set of chess pieces.

I'm going to start by giving my animals a biscuit each.

And each biscuit I give each animal, I'm going to pop in front of it.

Then they'll know it's theirs, but I will know that I have the same amount of biscuits as I do animals.

Next, I think I should give them some crisps.

I'll do the same as I did with the biscuits.

One for you, there's yours, there's yours, and oh, I've got too many biscuits, too many crisps, same amount of biscuits, didn't I? I've got too many crisps.

Look, this crisp doesn't have an animal to eat it.

I have more crisps than I do animals at my picnic.

That's two of our phrases, same amount and more.

Going to do the chocolates next.

There's a chocolate for you.

Oh! Only this animal's got a chocolate.

These haven't got them.

Ah, I can use my final phrase of fewer.

There are fewer chocolates than there are animals at my picnic.

There are fewer chocolates than there are biscuits.

And there are definitely fewer chocolates than there are crisps.

The last thing I need to share out are the chess pieces so that they can play a game.

So there's one for you, one for you, and one for you, oh! I've definitely got more chess pieces than I do animals.

And I have too many chess pieces.

There are more than there are the animals.

So as we go through this lesson, I need you to remember the phrases same amount, more, and fewer.

Say them again: same amount, more, and fewer.

And don't worry if you can't quite remember them yet.

We'll do some work together to help you.

Thanks for helping me set up my tea party and learning them new words.

Can you still remember them? Same amount, more, and fewer.

Now we're going to use them again here, and I'm going to give you lots of chances to practise them.

So here are the new animals I'm going to have at my next tea party.

This is how many are in my set.

I don't need to count them.

That's not what we're doing today.

But I'm going to give them all a cup.

You, and you, there's your cup, and there's your cup.

I have the same amount of cups as I do bears.

Can you say that? I have the same amount of cups as I do as bears.

Well done! Hm, next I think I'll give them a plate so that they can put all their snacks on it.

Mm hm,, mm hm, mm hm.

Ah, I have too many plates.

I have more, that was one of our words, I have more plates than I do teddy bears.

There's that word more.

That means that we're comparing it to our set of teddy bears.

Can you say I have more plates than teddy bears? Well done! Hm, what shall I give them next? Ah, some tea! Oh dear, I have fewer teapots than I do teddy bears.

I can see that quite clearly, can't I? As every bear doesn't have a teapot next to it, I have fewer teapots than I do bears.

I definitely have more plates than I do bears.

I also have more plates than I do teapots.

Ah dear, maybe they'd like some squash.

Oh! I've only got this many jugs.

I have fewer jugs than I do teddy bears.

I can say that about the cups as well, couldn't I? I have fewer jugs than I do cups.

I have more bears than I do jugs.

What could I say about the cups and the bears? Just throwing it out there.

Yes, I have the same amount of cups as I do bears.

Well, I think I better give them some spoons so that they can eat whatever snacks I provide.

Look! There are the same amount of spoons as there are plates.

No, not plates.

There are more plates.

Oh, this can be so confusing! Let's take it from the top.

I have the same amount of spoons as I do cups.

I have the same amount of cups as I do bears.

I have fewer bears than I do plates.

I could turn that round, but I'll do that at the end.

I have more plates than I do teapots, and I have the same amount of teapots as I do jugs.

Let's go from the bottom this time, see if it makes a difference to our comparing sentences.

I have the same amount of jugs as I do teapots.

I have fewer teapots than I do plates.

I have more plates than I do teddy bears.

I have the same amount of teddy bears as I do cups and spoons.

Wow, we used so much comparative language just then.

And depending on which way we said all the items, we changed our sentences too, but we definitely used our three phrases, same amount, fewer, and more.

I keep putting them in a different order to see if you notice, and you can! Great job! Can you think back to our lesson agenda, the things I said we would be doing at the very beginning of this lesson? I said we would learn some new comparing words.

Well, we've done that.

We've learned same amount, fewer and more.

Then I said we would practise using them.

Well, we did, didn't we? First of all, you listened to me use them, but then you used them with me as I showed you all them different things in my second tea party.

And we compared them, didn't we? We put the words fewer, same amount, and more into a sentence.

The third thing on our agenda, the final thing, was that it was playtime.

But I'm sorry; I forgot to tell you that as you play, I want you to use the words more, fewer and same amount.

But that will be easy.

You're so good at them now! So your job now is to pause the video, set up your own tea party and use our three words or phrases, same amount, fewer and more.

And when you've done that, come back to me.

So how was the tea party? I hope it was great! Did you have some things that were the same amount as other things? Did you have some things where you could say I have more than something else? And did you have some things where you could say I have fewer than something else? Now remember, them phrases aren't just for your math lesson.

You can use them in your everyday life.

I like to use them quite a lot at dinner time.

Oh! He has more peas than me! Oh, I have fewer sausages than her, or I'm happy; we have the same amount of juice.

Just remember you can use them whenever you like.

We've reached the end of our lesson on comparing sets without counting.

And you've seen my tea parties.

I'd love to see some pictures of yours.

So if you'd like to share your tea party where you used your comparative language, maybe you could ask a parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

And if they tag @OakNational, I'll be sure to see it.

And I'll be able to see what you had more of, fewer of, and the same amount of.

Bye!.