Y5 Maths
This Year 5 Area of Irregular Shapes lesson covers the prior learning of counting squares, before moving onto the main skill of finding the area of irregular shapes.
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 5: (5M7b) Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes
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These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of counting squares, before moving onto the main skill of area of irregular shapes. 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 5 Area of Irregular Shapes lesson covers the prior learning of counting squares, before moving onto the main skill of finding the area of irregular shapes.
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These Year 4 Find the Area Flashcards are designed to check pupils' understanding of finding area by counting squares.
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This Counting Squares Interactive Animation supports pupils’ understanding of area by counting squares.
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This Year 4 Counting Squares Game includes three questions designed to check pupils' understanding of finding area by counting squares.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill for this lesson.
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This Year 5 Area of Irregular Shapes Game has been designed to check pupils’ understanding of finding the area of irregular shapes.
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This area of irregular shapes extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the area of irregular shapes lesson.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of area of irregular shapes.
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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 Discussion Problems 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 5 Area of Irregular Shapes Maths Challenge checks pupils understanding of calculating the area of irregular shapes 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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Alfie’s new house is almost finished. He has asked for a pond in the garden but needs help to work out how big it should be using strategies to estimate the area of irregular shapes.
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This resource is aimed at Year 5 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Autumn Block 5 – Geometry Perimeter and Area.
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This Autumn week 12 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets.