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Framework for teaching mathematics

Year 4 

Measures, shape and space

Yearly teaching programmes, shown below, are taken from the relevant section of the Framework for teaching mathematics: Reception to Year 6. The numbers, in brackets, are page references to the relevant supplement of examples in the Framework which you can download by clicking on an icon in the 'Downloads' box on the left of this page.

Links to Unit Plans which cover specific teaching objectives are indicated by the pointer.

Measures (p.90-101)

• Use, read and write standard metric units (km, m, cm, mm, kg, g, l, ml), including their abbreviations,
  and imperial units (mile, pint). (p.90)
  Autumn Unit 5, Summer Unit 4
  
• Know and use the relationships between familiar units of length, mass and capacity.
  Know the equivalent of one half, one quarter, three quarters and one tenth of 1km, 1m, 1kg, 1litre in m, cm, g, ml.
  Spring Unit 4, Summer Unit 4
  Convert up to 1000 centimetres to metres, and vice versa. (p.90)
  Autumn Unit 5
  
• Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure length, mass or capacity.
  Autumn Unit 5, Autumn Unit 6, Spring Unit 4, Summer Unit 4
  Record estimates and readings from scales to a suitable degree of accuracy. (p.92,94)
  Autumn Unit 6, Spring Unit 4, Summer Unit 4
  
• Measure and calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles and other simple shapes, using counting methods and standard units (cm, cm²). (p.96)
  Autumn Unit 6, Spring Unit 4
  
• Use, read and write the vocabulary related to time.
  Estimate/check times using seconds, minutes, hours.
  Spring Unit 4
  Read the time from an analogue clock to the nearest minute, and from a 12-hour digital clock.
  Autumn Unit 12
  Use am and pm and the notation 9:53.
  Summer Unit 8
  Read simple timetables and use this year's calendar. (p.98,100)
  Summer Unit 8

Shape and space (p.102-111)

• Describe and visualise 3-D and 2-D shapes, including the tetrahedron and heptagon.
  Recognise equilateral and isosceles triangles.
  Classify polygons using criteria such as number of right angles, whether or not they are regular, symmetry properties. (p.102)
  Autumn Unit 4
  
• Make shapes: for example, construct polygons by paper folding or using pinboard, and discuss properties such as lines of symmetry.
  Visualise 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings and identify simple nets of solid shapes. (p.104)
• Sketch the reflection of a simple shape in a mirror line parallel to one side (all sides parallel or perpendicular to the mirror line). (p.106)
  Summer Unit 4
  
• Recognise positions and directions: for example, describe and find the position of a point on a grid of squares where the lines are numbered.
  Autumn Unit 6, Spring Unit 6, Summer Unit 5, Summer Unit 6
  Recognise simple examples of horizontal and vertical lines.
  Spring Unit 6, Summer Unit 5
  Use the eight compass directions N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW. (p.108)
  Spring Unit 6, Summer Unit 4
  
• Make and measure clockwise and anti-clockwise turns: for example, from SW to N, or from 4 to 10 on a clock face.
  Begin to know that angles are measured in degrees and that:
  one whole turn is 360° or 4 right angles;
  a quarter turn is 90° or one right angle;
  half a right angle is 45°.
  Start to order a set of angles less than 180°. (p.110)
  Spring Unit 6, Summer Unit 4

NOTE
Key objectives are highlighted in bold type.