1. Year 2 Autumn Term Week 5 Lesson 5
Length
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 5 Lesson 5

2. Today we will be learning to:
solve length problems
understand and use words about length.

3. How much does the coke and beans cost?
Mental Activity
Beans
11p
Sweets 7p
Coke
20p
Peas
15p
How much does the coke and beans cost?

4. How much does the peas and sweets cost?
Beans
11p
Sweets 7p
Coke
20p
Peas
15p
How much does the peas and sweets cost?

5. How much does the beans and sweets cost?
11p
Sweets 7p
Coke
20p
Peas
15p
How much does the beans and sweets cost?

6. How much does the coke and peas cost?
Beans
11p
Sweets 7p
Coke
20p
Peas
15p
How much does the coke and peas cost?

7. How much does the peas and beans cost?
Sweets 7p
Coke
20p
Peas
15p
How much does the peas and beans cost?

8. Main Activity
Today we are going to brainstorm words associated with measuring length.

9. Words used to describe length Length words long short tall high low
What words can we use for measuring length?
Words used to describe length
Length words
long
short
tall
high
low
near
close
wide
narrow
deep
shallow
thick
thin

10. What words can we use for measuring length?
How many words did you find?

11. Use the words thick and thin in one sentence.
Opposites
Use the words thick and thin in one sentence.
Cardboard is thick, but tissue paper is thin.
What other sentences could we make?

12. Make sentences with these opposite words:
long and short
high and low
wide and narrow
deep and shallow.

13. How does a builder know how high to make a door?
Measuring problems
How does a builder know how high to make a door?
How do people decide how wide to make a road?
How do people know how deep to make a swimming pool?

14. Group Work
Work with the same partner as in the last lesson from a different maths group.
Complete the ‘Teddy problems’ your teacher will give you.
Make up more problems for teddy.