Area - Counting Squares - Worksheet

The "Counting Squares" worksheet is a practical resource designed to help Year 6 students understand how to calculate the area of rectilinear shapes. This educational tool aligns with the National Curriculum objective of finding area through the counting of squares. To facilitate learning, the worksheet provides differentiated sheets and teaching slides. Students are introduced to key vocabulary such as 'area', 'squares', 'rectangles', 'rectilinear shapes', 'strategy', and 'efficient', which are essential to grasping the concept of area. The exercises encourage the learners to find the most efficient counting strategy, thereby enhancing their fluency and precision in measuring area.

The worksheet includes a variety of activities that prompt students to use their knowledge of area to solve problems. They are asked to find the area of different coloured blocks within a tower and to apply times tables to count squares more efficiently. Key questions guide students to consider strategies that prevent double-counting squares and to compare areas of different colours on a quilt or a Lego block tower. The tasks range in difficulty, catering to different levels of understanding: Working Towards, Working Within, and Greater Depth. Through this structured approach, students develop their reasoning and problem-solving skills, learning to calculate the area of shapes by counting squares and using multiplication as a more effective method.