1. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
Morning registration mathematics activity
Aligned to the Renewed Framework for Mathematics
Stoke-on-Trent Primary Maths Team

2. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHAT IS IT?
10 mathematics questions per day based on the Renewed Framework for Mathematics.
Questions 1-5 consolidate maths from the previous unit.
Questions 6-10 are based on the previous year’s coverage of the next unit (following Block sequence A B C D E).
This will support you in pitching the learning appropriately for the next unit and gathering evidence for APP.
WHAT IS IT NOT?
SODA is NOT intended to be used during any part of the daily mathematics lesson.
It is an ADDITIONAL resource to support the CONSOLIDATION of learning which has taken place previously.

3. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHEN?
During the registration period at the start of the day.
Pupils could record their answers in a ‘SODA’ book.
Go through the questions and discuss strategies the children used with the pupils during registration.
Ensure that you model the correct mathematical vocabulary and always encourage the children to use it correctly.
HOW?
Use SODA as it stands or personalise the questions for your pupils by adapting / replacing them.

4. Councillors on Line
Year 3, Block C, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 3, Block B, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 2, Block D, Unit 3

5. Monday 1st June 2009 2. To find a half of a number we _________
÷ 5
2. To find a half of a number we _________
3. Anna has a 50p coin and three 20p coins. How much
is this altogether?
4. Paul has two 50p coins, two 20p coins and three 10p
coins. How much is this altogether?
5. What calculations did you do?
Roughly, how long does it take you to:
6. Walk to the nearest shop?
7. Grow 5cm taller?
8. Travel to Australia by plane?
9. What time does the clock read?
10. James arrived home 20 minutes
before the time on the clock.
What time did he arrive home?
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

6. Tuesday 2nd June 2009
1. A spider has 8 legs. How many legs do 6 spiders have?
2. What calculation did you do?
3. What if there were 9 spiders, how many legs now?
4. Casey had 30 grapes. She ate some of them and had
12 left. How many did she eat?
5. Write a number sentence to show how you worked it out.
6. Mrs Singh weighs a parcel. How much does it weigh?
7. She adds a 10 kg parcel to the scale
What is the weight now?
8. What is each increment worth on the
scale below?
9. What number should be in the box?
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

7. Wednesday 3rd June 2009
1. A box holds 26 biscuits. James eats 17 biscuits. How
many biscuits are left?
2. How many people can have 5 biscuits each?3. How
many biscuits are there in 3 boxes?
3. How many boxes are needed to hold 85 biscuits?
4. What calculation did you do each time?
5. Write down the
the measurement
of each letter.
6. What item could be the length of A? B? C? D?
7. Estimate what numbers are
indicated by the arrows?
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

8. Thursday 4th June 2009 1. Describe the properties of these 2D shapes.
Include: Name of the shape. Number of sides.
Lines of symmetry
2. Draw a triangle with 2 lines of symmetry
3. Draw a triangle with 2 right angles
4. Draw a quadrilateral with 2 right angles
5. Draw a pentagon with 1 right angle
6. How many mls are in the container?
7. How many mls are needed
to reach 500mls ( ½ litre)
8. 50mls are drained from the
container. How many
millilitres are left?
9. How many millilitres in half a litre?
10. How do you work out the numbers not
shown on a scale? Write down a method
that you can display on your working wall.
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

9. Friday 5th June 2009 1. What fraction of this shape is shaded?
2. Can you write the fraction another way?
3. Draw a 4 x 3 rectangle. How many
different ways can you shade ½ of this?
4. Copy the caterpillar.
Shade ½ of it.
5. Shade ¼ of it. Can you write this fraction in another way?
6. Draw a line that is three times as long as 5cm and ask
your partner to check the accuracy.
7. How many millilitres would you estimate to be in a pint
of milk?
8. What would you measure the weight of a desk in?
9. How many mls of water do you estimate to be in
this glass ?
10. ¼ of kilogram is how many grams?
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

10. Monday 8th June 2009
= 15. Write 4 more addition calculations
with the answer 15.
2. 18 – 3 = 15. Write 4 more subtraction calculations with
the answer 15.
– 30 = ? . Use the answer to 7 to help you work this
out. How did you do this?
4. 4 x 3 = 12. Write 2 more multiplication calculations with
the answer 12.
5. Tell me two lengths that make 2 kilograms?
6. I can measure the length of my corridor in .....?
7. I can measure the width of my rubber in......?
8. I can measure the capacity of water in my cup in.....?
How could I measure this line
accurately?
10. I know that a metre ruler is ___ cm long.
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

11. Tuesday 9th June 2009 Which of these angles are: 1. Acute? 2. Obtuse?
3. Reflex?
4. Right angle?
5. More than 90º?
7. 67 – 33 –
9. 13 more than 34
a b c
d e f g
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

12. Wednesday 10th June 2009 1. Name the 3D shapes.
2. Which of the shapes has
a curved edge?
3. Which shapes have both
curved and straight sides?
4. How many vertices does
a cube have?
5. Which of the shapes has
right angles? =
7. Write the total = =
9. 84 – 55 =
10. Write the number which is 13 less than 50
Year 4 Block A unit 2
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

13. Thursday 11th June 2009
1. I stack six 30cm tall boxes on top of each other
to make a tower. How tall is the tower?
2. Rani has 20 ml of medicine each day for one week. How
much medicine does he have altogether?
3. What is the product of 5 and 4? Double 75.
5. What number is a multiple of both 5 and 2?
6. There are five oranges in a pack. Mrs Atkins buys 7
packs of oranges. How many oranges does she buy?
7. Pencils cost 10p each. Jack has 63p and wants to buy
as many pencils as he can. How much does he have left?
8. 45 children get into groups of 5. How many groups will
there be altogether?
9. Steven has a £1 coin. He spends 63p. How much does he have left?
10. Phillip is 31 years old today. His mother is 32 years
older. How old is his mother?
Year 3 Block C Unit 3

14. Friday 12th June 2009
1. Draw a quadrilateral with two angles that are smaller
than right angles and two that are larger than right angles
2. Draw a quadrilateral with 2 right angles.
3. Draw a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel lines.
4. Which shapes always have four right angles?
5. Manjit has a £5. She spends
£2.97. Copy the coin she will
get in her change?
6. What is the sum of all the coins?
7. How many 5ps are there in one
pound?
8. Debra has 55p and wants to buy
an item for £ How much more money does she need?
9. Make up a story that would mean you need to work out
4 x 9 and add 16.
Year 3 Block C Unit 3