Mummy Math - Maths Storybook Lesson for LKS2

What are 3D shapes and what are their attributes? Can you name the 3D shapes and accurately explain what a face, edge and vertex is? Find out all about pyramids, spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, cubes and cuboids through this fun Maths adventure book by Cindy Neuschwander.

A fun, practical fusion of reading comprehension, Ancient History and Maths, the children will be super engaged with this lovely book. It works great alongside a project on the Ancient Egyptians, or as a one-off around Halloween. The practical activity has a real-world sense of purpose as the children are tasked with cracking the code to the Mummy’s tomb!

The children get to build the 3D shapes to help with understanding so that they have models in front of them when they need to articulate how many edges, faces, vertices. In addition to the Maths learning there is also some added information on hieroglyphs that need to be applied to their code-solving, bringing a cross-curricular element to the learning.

This pack contains:

• Detailed Maths lesson plan
• Key Comprehension Questions for read-aloud
• Teaching Input Powerpoint (20 slides)
• Answer Key included for teaching input
• Activity sheet for main activity
• Activity sheet anchor chart

Additional resources needed:

• The book ‘Mummy Math’ by Cindy Neuschwander (FYI there are YouTube readings if budget is low!)
• A selection of 3D shapes
• Toothpicks
• Mini marsh-mallows/ bluetac
• Scrap paper / 2D paper circles

*** ALSO AVAILABLE at a less challenging level for KS1 or at a more challenging level for KS2 ***

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Use for your own teaching.
Not for resale in any form.

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