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Year 1 · Maths
Solve Measurement Problems
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Focus on comparing length height weight and capacity. Start with “Compare Measurements Using the Words for Length, Height and Thickness”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 1 learners practise comparing length height weight and capacity.
The activities include Compare Measurements Using the Words for Length, Height and Thickness, Compare the Length of Objects to a Metre Rule, Compare the Sizes of Containers, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching-practice, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Compare Measurements Using the Words for Length, Height and Thickness
- Compare the Length of Objects to a Metre Rule
- Compare the Sizes of Containers
- Estimate the Capacity of Containers
- Identify Whether Something is Earlier or Later
- Identify Which is Shorter or Longer
- Identify Which is Shorter or Taller
- Recognise Whether a Container is Full, Half Full, Quarter Full or Empty
- Recognise Whether Objects are Heavy or Light
- Recognise Which Contains the Least
- Recognise Which Contains the Most
- Understand Whether Something is Quicker or Slower
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Order Lengths and Heights | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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Compare Capacity | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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Hours, Minutes and Seconds | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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Full and Empty | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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Heavier and Lighter | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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PlanIt Maths Year 1 Measurement Lesson Pack 3: Comparing Capacity
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PlanIt Maths Year 1 Measurement Lesson Pack 3: Comparing Mass
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Y1 Compare Length and Height PlanIt Maths Lesson
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Y1 Measuring Length and Height PlanIt Maths Lesson
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Y1 Step 7 Compare Capacity Activity Cards
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Year 1 Weight and Volume Maths Knowledge Organiser
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Duration of Time Activity
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Year 1 Time Maths Knowledge Organiser
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Y1 Step 4 Full and Empty Activity Cards
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Y1 Step 3 Compare Mass Activity Cards
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