Mathematics Year 3 Year 4 Measurement

Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres

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  • Unit Plan Year: 4

    Maths Unit: Measuring Mass

    This unit plan has been created to support your students when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing...

  • Unit Plan Year: 4

    Maths Unit: Comparing Area and Volume

    This unit plan supports students when comparing objects using familiar metric units of area and volume. It comes complete with a detailed an...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    STEAM Unit: Building Bridges

    This activity is a quick engineering challenge that your students will love! It can be completed in a single session with minimal materials....

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    Maths Unit: Making Sense of Measurement

    This unit plan has been created to support the teaching and learning of measurement. The unit focuses on familiarising students with metr...

  • Unit Plan Year: 3

    Maths Unit: Measuring Length

    This unit was designed to transition students from informal units to measuring, ordering and comparing items in formal units of length.

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Making Sense of Measurement - Presentation

    This presentation is a great resource for teachers to use when introducing and revisiting measurement. The presentation aims to help student...

  • Presentation Year: 4

    Measuring Mass - Presentation

    This presentation has been created to support your students when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and compari...

  • Presentation Year: 4

    Comparing Area and Volume - Presentation

    This detailed and engaging presentation covers both the comparison of area and volume. The presentation first begins by revising how to calc...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Building Bridges - Presentation

    This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity of the same name. It walks students through the human history of bridge buildin...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Making Sense of Measurement - Presentation

    In this presentation, students learn a little bit about the metric system, and how it can be used to measure mass, capacity and length. T...

  • Presentation Year: 3

    Measuring Length - Presentation

    This presentation introduces students to formal units and why we use them and covers the basics of measuring length. It is a part of a la...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Measurement - Perimeter and Area Task Cards - Colour & B&W Pack

    This comprehensive task card pack includes 20 problem-solving challenges focused on perimeter and area concepts. Students apply what they kn...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +1

    Knowing Measurements Poster

    The Knowing Measurements Poster is a visual reference tool designed to support students in understanding metric conversions for mass, capaci...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3

    Shape Sorting Game

    Make geometry interactive and fun with the Shape Sorting Game! This hands-on activity helps students identify, classify, and record properti...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Making Sense of Measurement- Check In

    This 1-page check-in assesses a student’s ability to identify appropriate metric units for common items, make estimates, measure and compare...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Making Sense of Measurement- Quiz

    This 10-question quiz makes a wonderful whole-class warmup, review or formative assessment tool to gauge students’ ability to identify appro...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Metric Measurement Scavenger Hunts

    These scavenger hunts are a fantastic way for students to explore and estimate the measurements of everyday items. The resource is part of a...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Capacity Craze

    This worksheet has students comparing, ordering, estimating and measuring the capacity of cups, jugs and containers. It is part of a larger...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Crazy About Capacity

    This worksheet looks at metric units of weight for capacity- the litre and mililitre. Students are introduced to everyday objects with commo...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Mad About Mass

    This worksheet looks at metric units of weight for mass- the kilogram and gram. Students are introduced to everyday objects with common weig...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Conversion Catastrophe

    These fantastic one-page place value games are the perfect resource to provide studentsΒ with practice in converting between common metric un...

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Measuring Mass Assessment

    Use this assessment to check your students understanding and knowledge to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Measuring Mass Quick Quiz

    This handy reflection quiz has been created to support your students to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing at...

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Mass-ive Measurement

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and compar...

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Magnificent Mass

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and com...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Measuring Mass I Have, Who Has? Game

    This game has been created as part of our Measuring Mass Year 4 unit plan. A great consolidation, warm up or reflection whole class activity...

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Mass with Mel

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and com...

  • Worksheet Year: 4

    Mass with Max

    This useful worksheet has been created to support your students when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and com...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Measuring Mass - Student Reference Card

    This useful reference card is great for students to have handy when learning to interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comp...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Measuring Mass Poster

    A great display for your classroom when learning about mass. This poster provides conversions, examples of vocabulary and examples of conver...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Mass Poster

    A great display for your classroom when learning about mass. This poster provides a definition and presents the different units of measureme...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Comparing Area and Volume Quiz

    Use this resource as a handy tool to assess your students’ ability to compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume. Β 

  • Resource Year: 4

    Comparing Volume with Vince

    Use this handy worksheet to help your students compare volume using familiar units of measurement. Students are encouraged to calculate the...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Comparing Volume

    In this worksheet, students are encouraged to calculate the volume of the objects presented and use the clues to work out which description...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Comparing the Area

    In this worksheet, students are encouraged to calculate the areas in order to compare and work out which area is larger and smaller. Student...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Comparing Area with Arnie

    Use this handy worksheet to help your students compare area using familiar units of measurement. Students are encouraged to calculate the ar...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Area and Volume - Student Reference Card

    These handy student cards are a great tool for your students to refer to when learning to calculate and compare the area and volume or objec...

  • Resource Year: 4

    Area and Volume - Posters

    These engaging posters are a must for your classroom. Display these to assist students when learning how to calculate and compare area and v...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Measuring Up

    In this worksheet, you are able to assess what students have learned about measurement over the course of the unit. The worksheet is a pa...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Working With Weight

    In this worksheet, students use estimate and check the number of items it will take to add up to a kilogram. The worksheet is a part of a...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Ordering Measurements in the Lab

    In this worksheet, students have to place measurements in order using what they know about metric units. The worksheet is a part of a lar...

  • Resource Year: 3

    The Right Tool for the Job

    In this worksheet, students select the most appropriate measurement instrument for a given scenario. The worksheet is a part of a larger...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Which Unit Should I Use?

    In this worksheet, students select the most appropriate unit for a given scenario. The worksheet is a part of a larger measurement unit w...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Measuring Up - Pretest

    In this worksheet, you are able to assess what your students know about measuring with comparative size before beginning a unit working with...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Making Sense of Measurement - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card is a handy tool for students to refer to when learning about measurement. It is part of a larger unit of work on...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Problems

    Use this resource to support students in consolidating and applying their knowledge of perimeter to solve word problems. Students show the w...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Sam’s School Perimeter

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a real-world setting! Students will use Β Page 1 of Sam’s School to calculate the per...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Fred’s Farm Perimeter

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a real-world setting! Students will use Β Page 1 of Fred’s Farm to calculate the peri...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Robots

    Get your students applying their perimeter knowledge in a creative way! Students create a two-dimensional robot on the grid paper provided a...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter - Crack the Code

    This fun resource puts a spin on learning about perimeter. Students use their growing perimeter knowledge to work out the answer to the two...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Puzzles Worksheet

    This resource has been designed to support students when learning about the concept of perimeter. It is the first progressive worksheet as p...

  • Resource Year: 4 5

    Perimeter Poster

    Print and display this perimeter poster in your classroom as a reference when teaching perimeter. It includes a definition and three example...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Class Growth Chart - Bug Theme

    This Growth Chart resource is great for understanding the concept of length, using centimetres as the unit of measurement. As a class you ma...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Measuring Length - Quiz

    This quiz will allow you to assess the variety of elements contained in the Year 3 measurement curriculum.

  • Resource Year: 3

    Units of Measurement

    In this worksheet, students measure a number of items around the room, now with formal units. It is a part of a larger unit designed to t...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Measuring Length - Student Reference Cards

    This Card was designed to be used as a reference for students on units of length. It is a part of a larger unit designed to transition st...

  • Resource Year: 3

    A Length Experiment

    In this activity, students further explore the issues inherent in informal units, by measuring a piece of yarn with a created unit. It is...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Measuring Length with Informal Units

    In this worksheet, students measure things using their body parts, and compare those measurements to others in the class to experience the l...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Measurement Strips - Pencils

    In this activity, students use an included measuring strip to measure items using a uniform informal unit.

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Building a Tiny House

    For this worksheet, students have to weigh the desire to create a sustainable and environmental sound house, while sticking to a budget. The...

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Endothermic/Exothermic - Demonstration

    A teacher sheet explaining the preparation and methodology of the experiment students do as part of Lesson 4.Β  This activity helps illust...

  • Resource Year: 3

    Ribbon Ruler

    Designed to provide essential practice in measuring objects using formal units of measurement, studentsΒ will complete this game by measuring...

  • Resource Year: 2 3 4

    Measure It and Make It

    In 'Measure It and Make It', students use MAB blocks to compare the areas of shapes.

  • Resource Year: 3 4

    Litres to Millilitres Game

    Litres to Millilitres Game

  • Resource Year: 3 4 5 6 +1

    Measurement Madness - cm mm Game

    Measurement Madness is a game that provides consolidation of converting centimetres to millimetres.

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Metric Scavenger Hunt

    Take students on an exciting journey of measurement and exploration with this resource.

  • Worksheet Year: 3 4

    Using a Ruler

    Using a ruler, students are asked to measure each of the horizontal lines.

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Practising Measurement

    Students are required to use a ruler to measure selection of common items surrounding them inside the classroom.

  • Worksheet Year: 3

    Units of Measure

    Students select which unit of measurement they would use to measure a selection of everyday items. The units of measure featured include cen...

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