A length. A measurement of how far something has travelled through space.

Length can be measured in any direction to give height, length and distance

Maths

Explain why standard units of measure are needed

Length can be measured in metres and centimetres

Read scales in metres and centimetres

Compare and order lengths

Mass can be measured in grams and kilograms

Compare and order measurements of mass

Volume and capacity can be measured in litres and millilitres

Compare and order measurements of volume and capacity

Temperature

In this unit pupils will choose, use and compare appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height mass, capacity and temperature to the nearest appropriate unit.  In the future unit pupils will use weighing scales up to 1kg and tools to measure volume and capacity up to 1 litre. They will measure mass from 0 to above 1kg and measure volume from 0 to above 1 litre. 

In the prior unit pupils learned that polygons could be described sorted compared and named according to the number of sides and vertices They described 3D shapes finding different ways to sort and compare them In this unit pupils will choose use and compare appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height mass, capacity and temperature to the nearest appropriate unit

In this unit pupils will choose, use and compare appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height mass, capacity and temperature to the nearest appropriate unit.

Sense of measure - capacity, volume and mass

Something used as a standard of measurement. It is '1' of the measurement.

Uniform units of measure that are agreed throughout a community.

A measure of length (about the height of a door handle).

A measure of length (about the width of your thumbnail).

A tool for measuring length which is one metre long.

You compare to find out what is the same and what is different. You can compare numbers to find out if one is greater than or less than another.

You can order numbers from the smallest to the largest or from the largest to the smallest. The order stays the same when you count.

When you measure how heavy something is, you are measuring its mass.

A measure of mass (about as heavy as a raisin).

A measure of mass (about as heavy as a laptop).

When one object has less mass than another, it is lighter.

When an object has the least mass than all the others in a set, it is the lightest.

When one object has more mass than another, it is heavier.

When an object has the greatest mass than all the others in a set, it is the heaviest.

A unit of measure (about the capacity of a large carton of juice).

A unit of measure (about the volume of a rain drop).

A measure of how hot or cold something is.

A unit of measure that is used to measure temperature.

A number line with equal divisions for equal values.

Sense of measure - capacity, volume and mass

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