| Activity Outcome | Choosing appropriate tools and strategies for measuring and comparing foot sizes. Using small numbers in a personal context. |
| MTS Set | MTS1
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| NATIONAL Curriculum | The Number System |
| Topics | Understand Whole Numbers
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| Keywords | Personal Context, Number Sense, Count |
| Grouping | Independent |
| Resources | Not applicable |
| Lesson Notes | - Brainstorm for ideas from the children: "We can measure around our feet and cut them out and see which is the biggest." We can use our shoes." We can put our feet together to see which is the biggest."...
- Children draw pictures on the worksheet to show how they will answer the question at home.
- Advise parents to listen to, and use, their child's ideas for solving the problem.
- Provide children with the opportunity to describe their findings within the whole class group or in small groups.
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| Reflections | Ask: What else could me measure in our family to find the biggest? What about the smallest? Longest? Shortest?
Heaviest? Lightest?...
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| Answers | Answers will vary. |
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