What is Area? Year 4 Area Free Resource Pack

What is Area? Year 4 Resources

Step 1: What is Area? Year 4 Spring Block 2 Resources

What is Area? Year 4 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving resources for Spring Block 2.

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • What is Area? Year 4 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • What is Area? Year 4 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • What is Area? Year 4 Reasoning and Problem Solving with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 4: (4M7b) Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares

Differentiation For What is Area? Year 4:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support the introduction of area. Using squares and rectangles, where the square point of reference is overlaid onto the given shape.
Expected Questions to support the introduction of area. Using rectilinear shapes with up to 6 sides, where a shape is given as a point of reference.​
Greater Depth Questions to support the introduction of area. Using rectilinear shapes with up to 8 sides, where a shape is given as a point of reference but does not fit exactly.

Reasoning and Problem Solving
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain which shape is best for covering the area of a square or rectangle.
Expected Explain which shape is best for covering the area of a rectilinear shape of up to 6 sides using the given shapes as a reference.
Greater Depth Explain which shape is best for covering the area of a rectilinear shape of up to 8 sides using the given shapes as a reference.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Problem Solving)
Developing Use the given squares to complete a shape with 4 sides. Calculate the area of the shapes created.
Expected Use the reference square to calculate the area of a given shape and then complete the 6-sided shape so it has the correct area.
Greater Depth Use the square and half square to create a shape which meets the set parameters.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain which is the odd one out. Using squares and rectangles.
Expected Explain which is the odd one out. Using rectilinear shapes with up to 6 sides.
Greater Depth Explain which is the odd one out. Using complex rectilinear shapes with up to 8 sides which include half squares.

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