Y1 Spring Term – Block 4: Measurement: Weight & Volume – Measure capacity

These activity sheets have been created to match the small steps on the White Rose maths schemes of work.

The questions include varied fluency with reasoning with problem solving.

Children are given a variety of pictorial examples to work with and questions to provoke deeper thinking.

National Curriculum Links
Year 1 Measurement –

• Measure and begin to record the following: capacity and volume.
• Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: capacity and volume (for example, full/empty, more than, less than, quarter, half full, half).

Maths Focus
Children will estimate and measure the capacity of a range of containers, using a variety of non-standard units.

Maths Mastery

• Children can estimate and measure the capacity of a range of containers, using non-standard units such as cups and scoops.
• Children are aware of the need to measure using uniform units, and they understand the effect of altering the size of the units used.