Choosing measurement units
Choose and use appropriate standard units to measure length (m/cm), mass (kg/g), temperature (°C), and capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit
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Set out your lesson
Choose a sensible unit and distinguish reading a scale from making a measurement.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
For optional real work use a ruler, kitchen scale and jug already available, cool water only. Without these, do the card task and mark actual measuring pending. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Choose and use appropriate standard units to measure length (m/cm), mass (kg/g), temperature (°C), and capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
- partial: Measure the length of a table in centimetres using a ruler
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
- partial: Weigh an object in grams using a scale
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
- partial: Measure the capacity of a container in millilitres using a measuring jug
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
- partial: If you ask {{name}} whether to measure a swimming pool or a piece of paper in cm or m, can they pick the sensible unit for each — and explain why?
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
Actual table, mass and capacity measurement clauses remain conditional on equipment and observed procedure; reading fictional scales alone cannot satisfy them.
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Choose a sensible unit and distinguish reading a scale from making a measurement.
Choose a sensible unit and distinguish reading a scale from making a measurement.
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Check understanding
- Measure the length of a table in centimetres using a ruler
- Weigh an object in grams using a scale
- Measure the capacity of a container in millilitres using a measuring jug
“If you ask your child whether to measure a swimming pool or a piece of paper in cm or m, can they pick the sensible unit for each — and explain why?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
Standards