Measurement Lesson Plans

How to teach Measurement using Mangahigh - solving lengths in shapes

Get your students engaged in shape properties using Mangahigh’s maths game Pyramid Panic. Students start by working with lengths in rectangles and triangles, solving geometric puzzles to escape the pyramid.

Lesson idea for teaching perimeter and area

Example of blended learning lesson

55 mins
  • Play through the first 5 questions of ‘Pyramid Panic’ with the whole class on the whiteboard. This will introduce them to the basic principles of the game. Challenge the students to predict the outcome of each move in advance.
  • Set two ‘Pyramid Panic’ activities to your class called ‘Rectangles: length - Pyramid Panic’ and ‘Triangles: length - Pyramid Panic’. Move through the class offering help where needed and challenge students to explain their choices. Use your Mangahigh analytics platform to check progress and support struggling students.
  • What have they learnt about lengths in shapes? What type of questions have they seen? How would they answer a lengths question?
  • Students return to the ‘Pyramid Panic’ activities. For the most able, set an additional activity 'Triangles: length (advanced) - Pyramid Panic'. Use your Mangahigh analytics platform to identify any students who have struggled with the first activity ‘Rectangles: length - Pyramid Panic’ and support them or encourage them to work with their peers
  • Draw these rectilinear shapes on the board and ask them to write down the length of each of the sides and then the perimeter.
    Three rectilinear shapes with some lengths labelled

How to teach Measurement using Mangahigh - use calendars and dates

Introduce your students to calendars and dates through the use of Mangahigh’s adaptive quiz ‘Use calendars and dates’. Students will start with ‘Easy’ questions to help introduce new ideas and then move onto ‘Medium’ questions with some scaffolded support. Students then progress onto ‘Hard’ questions that really test their understanding, and the most able will move on to ‘Extreme’ questions that will challenge even the brightest students.

Lesson idea for teaching using calendars and dates

Example of blended learning lesson

55 mins
  • On the whiteboard show a calendar for the current month, ask the students if anyone has a birthday in this month and add it to the calendar. Discuss how many days you are to or from the students birthdays and how many days difference there are between two students birthdays.
  • Set the Mangahigh activity ‘Use calendars and dates’. Each time students play through the activity they will answer 10 questions. Encourage students to make at least three attempts, i.e. attempt at least 30 questions. Students will receive a bronze medal award and thus demonstrate they have a secure understanding if they can prove their competency at the hard questions. The most able students might achieve a silver or gold medal by answering extreme questions. Move through the class offering help where needed and challenge students to explain their solutions. Use your Mangahigh analytics platform to check progress and support struggling students.
  • Play through the activity ‘Use calendars and dates’ from your Mangahigh teacher platform on the whiteboard with the whole class. Challenge students to explain their solutions.
  • Students return to ‘Use calendars and dates’. For the most able, set an additional activity ‘Measure time’. Use your Mangahigh analytics platform to identify any students who have struggled with the first activity ‘Use calendars and dates’ and support them or encourage them to work with their peers.
  • Write the following questions for students to attempt:

    1. If Joe’s birthday is in 7 days and today is Monday 3rd April what day is Joe’s birthday and which day of the week is it on?
    2. 5 days ago I ordered a parcel (Tuesday 8th May) the delivery time is up to 10 days, from today what is the longest I’ll have to wait for my parcel and what is the latest date (day and number) it will arrive?
    3. Mary is exactly 1 year and 3 days older than Jane, Mary was born on a Tuesday 19th October 2002, when was Jane born?

Selection of measurement activities

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