Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle - Maths Storybook Lesson for LKS2

Want to introduce or consolidate learning on rounding to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand in a fun and engaging way? Learning about rounding and why it can be useful is made interesting and entertaining through the fun Maths adventure book “Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle” by Cindy Neuschwander.

A fun, practical fusion of reading comprehension and Maths, the children will be super engaged with this lovely book and accompanying lesson. The practical activity has a real-world sense of purpose as the children are tasked with estimating supplies for an upcoming battle quickly and efficiently by using their rounding skills - to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

The lesson focuses on rounding as per the book, but there is also an additional benefit of practising counting in multiples of 10/25/50. Please note there is some preparation needed for this lesson to put bundles of resources together for counting/rounding e.g. multiple envelopes of (roughly!) 50 feathers etc.

This pack contains:

• Detailed Maths lesson plan
• Teaching Input Powerpoint (14 slides)
• Answer Key included for teaching input
• Editable recording sheets for main activity

Additional resources needed:

• The book ‘Sir Cumference and the Roundabout Battle’ by Cindy Neuschwander (FYI there are YouTube readings if budget is low!)
• Bucket of balls
• Tray of rubber band balls
• Sticks & assorted stationary
• Bags of craft feathers / pompoms
• Stack of PE cones

*** ALSO AVAILABLE at a more challenging level for UKS2 ***

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Use for your own teaching.
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