Y1 Maths
This Year 1 Introduce Capacity lesson covers the prior learning of using everyday language to talk about capacity, before moving onto the main skill of exploring and describing capacity and volume.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 1: (1M1) Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: capacity and volume [for example, full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]
Mathematics Year 1: (1M2) Measure and begin to record: capacity and volume
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These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of using everyday language to talk about capacity, before moving onto the main skill of exploring and describing capacity and volume. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.
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These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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This Year 1 Introduce Capacity lesson covers the prior learning of using everyday language to talk about capacity, before moving onto the main skill of exploring and describing capacity and volume.
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This Reception Identifying Capacity Game will help children apply their understanding of the related vocabulary. They need to drag the correct bottle into the box to complete the game. You could provide a range of containers to allow children to explore capacity practically.
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These practical activities include tasks covering a range of provision areas for pupils to practise the main skill of introduce capacity.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of introduce capacity.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.
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This introduce capacity extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the introduce capacity lesson.
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This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.
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This Year 1 Introduce Capacity Maths Challenge checks your pupils’ understanding of describing volume within a problem solving context.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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These Weight and Volume worksheets are fantastic at helping your pupils practice their reasoning and problem solving skills. This pack contains two different question types for Year 1 Spring Block 4.
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This Spring week 12 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets