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Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Vowel Count

Plan and pursue an enquiry; present evidence by collecting, organising and interpreting information; suggest extensions ... more

Activity Description

Use the tally chart to record the number of times each vowel appears in a piece of text. Can you decide which is the best strategy to make the most accurate count. There are four alternative texts to try.

I can collect and organise data to find out about a subject or to answer a question

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Shoe Size Survey

Explain reasoning using diagrams, graphs and text; refine ways of recording using images and symbols... more

Activity Description

You can use the activity to work through various data handling tasks from initial data collection on a tally chart through to representation and interpretation of your data in a pictogram or bar chart.

I can use graphs to show findings about a subject or to help explain my answer to a question

For Ages: 9 & 10

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Shoe Size Survey

Answer a set of related questions by collecting, selecting and organising relevant data; draw conclusions, using ICT to ... more

Activity Description

I can explain what a table or graph or chart tells us

For Ages: 8 to 10

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Campsite Line Graph

Construct frequency tables, pictograms and bar and line graphs to represent the frequencies of events and changes over t... more

Activity Description

Farmer Cluck makes a pictogram to record the number of people who camp at her farm every month. But the campsite is so popular that the pictogram takes a lot of work. Help her complete the pictogram and then use the same data to make a line graph?

I can explain why I chose to represent data using a particular table, graph or chart

For Ages: 9 - 10

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Mode Modes

Find and interpret the mode of a set of data... more

Activity Description

Can you find the mode in a variety of data sets? The data sets are represented as tallies, pictograms, frequency tables, bar charts and line graphs.

I can find the mode of a set of data that I have collected

For Ages: 9 - 11

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Tape Measure Tangle

Read, choose, use and record standard metric units to estimate and measure length, weight and capacity to a suitable deg... more

Activity Description

Triangle Man is measuring up for some new curtains. If he holds the start of the tape measure can you read the length of the piece of fabric he is measuring? The scale on the tape might be mm, cm or metres.

I can measure length using appropriate measuring instruments.

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block C, Unit 1

Measuring Jug

Interpret a reading that lies between two unnumbered divisions on a scale... more

Activity Description

Turn on the tap to fill the measuring jug. Read the partially numbered scale to accurately measure a given volume. There are two levels in this activity

I can read a measurement between two divisions on a scale

For Ages: 7 - 10