Measuring Length With Ruler

This resource contains two worksheets on measuring the length of an object with a ruler.

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Year 1 Length and Height - Set of 28 Worksheets For the Delivery of White Rose Maths Small Steps Scheme

This resource contains 28 worksheets / workbook (with answers and progress check) of mastery maths resources to support the delivery of the Year 1 Measurement - Block 3 - Spring Term White Rose (WRM) ‘small steps’ programme. These resources are for Weeks 8 -9.

The worksheets contain tasks (concrete, pictorial and abstract) linked to the White Rose small steps with an emphasis on the mastery approach to learning advocated by the White Rose scheme and includes reasoning and problem-solving tasks.

The resources focus on the following objectives and small steps:

Year 2 Maths National Curriculum Objectives

Measurement: Length and Height Measure and begin to record lengths and heights.

Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights (for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half)

White Rose Small Steps

Compare lengths and heights
Measure length (1)
Measure length (2)

The worksheets are designed to enable the pupils to achieve the following learning outcomes:

Pupils use the following terms to describe and compare length and height - long, longer, longest; short, shorter, shortest; tall, taller, tallest, small, smaller, smallest.
Pupils use non-standard units such as cubes, hands and straws to measure the length and height of objects.
Pupils recognise that different non-standard units are more suitable for measuring the length and height of different objects.
Pupils understand that non-standard units should be exactly in line with the object to get an accurate measurement.
Pupils measure the lengths of objects using a ruler.
Pupils measure objects from the 0 on the ruler.
Pupils use reasoning and problem solving skills to work out solutions to measurement problems.

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