Y6 Maths

Read and Interpret Pie Charts Lesson

This Year 6 Read and Interpret Pie Charts lesson covers the prior learning of finding the fraction of an amount, quantity or measure, before moving onto the main skill of reading and interpreting data presented in a pie chart.
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 6: (6S1) Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these  to solve problems

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of finding the fraction of an amount, before moving onto the main skill of read and interpret pie charts. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

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Modelling PowerPoint

Modelling PowerPoint

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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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

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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Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial

In this Read and Interpret Pie Charts Video Tutorial, Ivan demonstrates how to interpret the data presented within pie charts in different examples. He uses knowledge of fractions to work out how much each portion of the pie represents. There are questions for pupils to answer throughout the video.

1 Prior Learning

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This Year 6 Read and Interpret Pie Charts lesson covers the prior learning of finding the fraction of an amount, quantity or measure, before moving onto the main skill of reading and interpreting data presented in a pie chart.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 5 Fraction of an Amount Game checks pupils’ understanding of finding fractions of amounts in contexts such as money and measures.

2 Varied Fluency

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 6 Read and Interpret Pie Charts Game has been designed to check pupils' understanding of reading and interpreting pie charts.

2 Reasoning & Problem Solving

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This read and interpret pie charts extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the read and interpret pie charts lesson.

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Mixed Practice

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of read and interpret pie charts.

Reasoning and Problem Solving from the old Resource Pack
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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Discussion Problem

Discussion Problem

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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Interactive Challenge Activity

Interactive Challenge Activity

This Year 6 Pie Charts Maths Challenge checks pupils' understanding of reading and interpreting data represented in pie charts.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Additional Activities

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Consolidation Pack

Consolidation Pack

This Statistics Consolidation Year 6 resource will help your pupils consolidate their understanding of Summer Block 3: Statistics.

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Home Learning Pack

Home Learning Pack

This Summer week 1 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets