Weight and volume - Measure capacity - Starter

In the 'Fluent in Four - Revision' activity designed for Year 1 students during Spring Term's Week 11, Day 3, children are encouraged to practise their arithmetic skills with quick-fire questions. For example, they are asked to solve basic subtraction by finding the result of 17 minus double 7, and addition by adding 12 to 7. The answers to these questions help to reinforce their understanding of basic number operations, ensuring they are fluent in these foundational maths skills. The activity serves as a warm-up to the main topic of the day, which involves measuring capacity and understanding volume.

The lesson continues with a practical and visual exercise where students are presented with various illustrations of cups filled to different levels. They are tasked with matching descriptions to the corresponding cup. For instance, they must identify which cup is more than half full, nearly empty, nearly full, half full, or completely empty. This exercise not only aids in their comprehension of volume and capacity but also helps them to grasp comparative concepts such as 'more than' and 'nearly'. Additionally, the lesson includes challenges that require students to identify the longest object and continue a given pattern, further developing their reasoning and cognitive skills in a fun and engaging way.