New
New
Year 2

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

I can measure length in any direction to give height, length and distance.

New
New
Year 2

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

I can measure length in any direction to give height, length and distance.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. You can measure length in any direction.
  2. When you measure height, you start from the bottom of the object and measure to the top to find how tall something is.
  3. When you measure length, you start at one end and measure to the other end to find how long or how wide something is.
  4. When you measure distance, you start and stop where the object started and stopped to find how far it has travelled.

Common misconception

With larger amounts, children may miscount the number of objects.

Encourage children to mark where 10 objects end, and use this to count on from, rather than always re-starting at one.

Keywords

  • Length - How long from end to end.

  • Height - How tall from bottom to top.

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

As with previous lessons involving non-standard measures, practical experiences are very important for children to develop the ability to measure length accurately.
Teacher tip

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Loading...

6 Questions

Q1.
What number comes next in this sequence? 8, 9, 10, 11
Correct Answer: 12
Q2.
What number is missing in this sequence?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 17
Q3.
What is the missing part?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 5
Q4.
What is the missing number on the number line?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 14
Q5.
Jun has made 13 using 10 and a bit. What is the missing number on this number line?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 3
Q6.
What number is the arrow pointing to on the number line?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 16

6 Questions

Q1.
The leaf is dominoes long.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 4
Q2.
The length of the rope has been measured using pens. The rope is pens long.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 12
Q3.
To find how tall an object is, we measure the __________.
Correct answer: height
distance
top
bottom
Q4.
What is the height of the robot? The robot is blocks tall.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 13
Q5.
What is the distance that each car travelled?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer:The purple car travelled a distance of ,5 cubes

5 cubes

Correct Answer:The green truck travelled a distance of,10 cubes

10 cubes

Q6.
Match the parts of the sentence correctly.
Correct Answer:Height measures,how tall something is.

how tall something is.

Correct Answer:Length measures,how long or wide something is.

how long or wide something is.

Correct Answer:Distance measures,how far something travels.

how far something travels.