Capacity and volume

MathematicsMeasurementAges 5–6

Measure and begin to record capacity and volume using non-standard and standard units

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Measure capacity in repeated cups and recognise litres as a standard unit.

Activity

Count pours one at a time and compare full/part-full. Adult supervises water; never taste unknown contents.

Policy

Directed source edges are preserved, not assumed completed. If the readiness probe is difficult, model with support and record supported practice instead of independent evidence.

Materials

Use the supplied stage-specific structured materials. Optional water tray, stable empty container, one small cup and real labelled 1 L jug or bottle. Use only a manageable water quantity; dry paper scenario is available with different evidence.

Order

Show, guided, put teaching sheet aside, then task sheets in order; adult keys remain private.

Access

No printing or cutting is required unless explicitly choosing a physical construction. Exact paper alternatives are in each material; adaptations change the evidence mode as stated.

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: Measure and begin to record capacity and volume using non-standard and standard units
Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup. This is a bounded task opportunity, not established attainment or automatic use across contexts.
partial: Measure capacity by counting how many cups fill a container
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
partial: Begin to use litres as a unit of capacity
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
partial: Record capacity measurements with a number and unit
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
partial: If {{name}} fills a jug using a small cup, can they count how many cups it takes — and understand that this tells you how much the jug holds?
Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup. This is a bounded task opportunity, not established attainment or automatic use across contexts.

Practical measurement conditional; litre arithmetic supplied independently. No fabricated observation or assumption that any household cup is a standard measuring cup.

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Measure capacity by counting how many cups fill a container
Begin to use litres as a unit of capacity
Record capacity measurements with a number and unit

“If your child fills a jug using a small cup, can they count how many cups it takes — and understand that this tells you how much the jug holds?”

Curriculum record

Type: Procedural
Subject: Mathematics
Domain: Measurement
Age range: Ages 5–6

Standards

uk-nc-2013:Maths/Y1/M/7