Length Teaching Resources
A collection of length related teaching resources. Use these educational posters, goal labels, worksheets and word wall vocabulary cards to assist your students when they are learning to identify length units of measurement and convert between them. Use the pre and post tests to ascertain each student's prior knowledge before starting a length unit of work.
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Length Investigation - The Longest Finger
A mathematics investigation involving length, embedded in a real-world context.
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Converting Units of Measurement Poster (Imperial)
Use these posters to assist your students in learning the different units of measurement in the imperial system.
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Informal Units Rulers
A set of rulers that use different sized, informal units to measure length.
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Measuring, Comparing and Ordering Height Worksheet
A worksheet to use when learning about measuring length using informal units.
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Measuring with Dinosaur Footprints Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring informal units of length.
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Length Maths Investigation - Which Plane Flies Best?
A mathematics investigation about measuring distance, embedded in a real-world context.
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Maths Warm Ups Interactive PowerPoint - Year 2
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 2 students across the curriculum.
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Let's Get Measuring – Paper Clips Templates
A set of templates to use when learning about informal units of length.
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Let's Get Measuring – Counters Templates
A set of templates to use when learning about informal units of length.
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Metric Measurement Conversions Dominoes
A set of measurement dominoes to use in the classroom when converting metric measurements.
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Let's Get Measuring – Connecting Cubes Templates
A set of templates to use when learning about informal units of length.
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Know Your Measurements Board Game
A fun measurement game for students to play when applying their knowledge of length, mass, capacity and time.
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Informal Measurement - Task Cards
A set of task cards to use when learning about informal measurement.
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Goal Labels - Units of Measurement (Key Stage 2 - Lower)
Fourteen Measurement Goal Labels for Key Stage 2 - Lower.
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Build Your Own Theme Park – Project
A project that gives students the opportunity to learn through building their own theme park.
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Goal Labels - Units of Measurement (Key Stage 1)
Seventeen Measurement Goal Labels for Key Stage 1.
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Measurement Worksheets - Year 5
6 measurement worksheets linked to the National Curriculum in England.
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Word Problem Worksheet - Length - Upper Primary
Length word problem worksheet with answers.
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Measuring Length with Informal Units Unit Plan
This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing and ordering length using informal units.
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Revision of Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of length.
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Length Investigation - The Longest Finger
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of length to a real-world context.
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Measuring, Comparing and Ordering Height
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure, compare and order height using informal units.
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Measuring and Comparing Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Measuring with Dinosaur Footprints
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Assessment - Measuring Length with Informal Units
A 30 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of length.