Lesson video

Hello, I'm Mrs. Cayley and I'm going to be your teacher for today's lesson.

We are going to be comparing objects using capacity.

Don't worry if you dunno what this means yet, you'll find out by the end of the lesson.

So let's have a look at the outcome of today's lesson.

So by the end of the lesson you'll be able to do this.

I can compare objects or items according to how much they can hold.

Here's our key words for today's lesson.

Can you say them after me? Are you ready? Capacity, more than, less than, the same, equal to.

Well done.

We'll be using these words today when we are comparing objects using capacity.

Here's the lesson outline for today.

So first of all, we will compare containers that hold water or another liquid like milk or juice.

Then we'll compare containers that hold other objects like bricks.

Let's have a look at the first part of the lesson.

Here's some children that are going to help us with today's lesson.

We've got Lucas and Laura.

Lucas and Laura are getting ready for lunch at school.

They're going to fill up some cups with water.

They said, "At lunchtime, our cups will be filled with water from different jugs." You might have some different jugs like this at home or at school.

Have you ever had a go at filling up some cups with water from a jug? What do you notice about these two jugs? Here we've got jug 1 and jug 2.

Have a look and see what you notice.

Lucas and Laura said jug 1 is taller.

Jug 1 is larger or bigger.

Jug 2 is smaller.

Jug 2 is shorter.

Jug 1 holds more.

Jug 2 holds less.

What did you say about the jugs? Capacity is how much something can hold.

So this is the word that we use when we are looking at how much a container can hold We can compare capacity using the words more than or less than.

Which jug will hold the most water? Have a look at these two jugs, jug 1 and jug 2.

Which jug will hold the most water? Jug 1 or jug 2? Put some water in the jugs.

Can you see that jug 1 holds more than jug 2? Jug 2 holds less than jug 1.

What do you notice about these jugs? Can you see that jug 1 and jug 2 look the same? We can also compare capacity using the words the same or equal to.

Which jug will hold the most water, jug 1 or jug 2? I've put some water in the jugs.

Can you see that jug 1 holds the same amount as jug 2? The capacity of jug 1 is equal to the capacity of jug 2.

What do you notice here? We've got a jug and a cup.

Which one will hold more water? Which one will hold less water? You can use the stem sentences to help you.

Can you think of the right word to go on the gaps? That's right.

The jug holds more than the cup.

And the cup holds less than the jug.

Can you see how we can swap the words around when we are talking about more than or less than? Let's have a check.

Can you have a look at the containers here? Can you compare two of the containers? So we've got a cup, a bottle, and a jug.

You can use the stem sentences to help you.

So think about which words might go on the lines when we are comparing 2 of the containers.

And we're going to use the words more than and less than.

So let's have a look at the bottle and the jug.

The jug holds more than the bottle.

And the bottle holds less than the jug.

Let's have a look at the jug and the cup.

So the jug holds more than the cup.

And the cup holds less than the jug.

Let's have a look at the bottle and the cup.

The bottle holds more than the cup.

And the cup holds less than the bottle.

How did you get on? Task for you to have a go at.

We've got four containers here.

We've got a jug, a cup, and two bottles.

I've called them bottle 1 and bottle 2.

Can you compare the containers? So if you choose two of them, you can compare them.

Use the words more than, less than and equal to.

So pause the video and have a go.

How did you get on on this task? So you might have said things like this.

I compared the jug and the cup, and I said, "The jug holds more than the cup, and the cup holds less than the jug." Then I looked at the jug and 1 of the bottles and I said, "The jug holds more than the bottle.

And the bottle holds less than the jug." Then I looked at a cup and a bottle and I said, "The bottle holds more than the cup.

And the cup holds less than the bottle." Then I looked at two of the bottles.

They look the same to me, bottle 1 and bottle 2.

So I said, "Bottle 1 holds the same amount as bottle 2.

The bottles have the same capacity." What did you find? We're onto the second part of our lesson now.

We are going to compare containers that hold other objects.

Here we've got some boxes, box 1 and box 2.

What do you notice about these boxes? So Lucas and Laura had a look at the boxes and they said box 1 is bigger.

Box 1 is taller.

Box 1 is larger.

Box 2 is smaller.

Box 2 is shorter.

Box 1 holds more.

Box 2 holds less.

What did you say about the boxes? What do you notice about these boxes? We've got box 1 and box 2.

Lucas said, "Box 1 holds less than box 2." Laura said, "Box 1 is smaller than box 2." Do you agree? Lucas is tidying up his bricks, which box will hold more bricks? Box 1 or box 2? That's right.

Box 2 holds more than box 1.

Box 2 is larger than box 1.

Let's have a check.

Laura is tidying up the pencils.

Which box will hold more pencils? Have a look at box 1 and box 2, and think about which one will hold more pencils.

That's right.

Box 1 will hold more pencils.

Box 1 holds more than box 2.

Box 1 is larger than box 2.

Did you notice that box 1 will hold 15 pencils when it's full and box 2 will hold 10 pencils? 15 is more than 10, isn't it? So box 1 will hold more pencils than box 2.

Here's a task for you to have a go at.

Can you compare 2 of these boxes? Which one holds more and which one holds less? When you've done these boxes, see if you can find some boxes of your own and try it for yourself.

So pause the video and have a go.

This is your second task.

Can you compare two of these containers? You could cut them out and you could compare them using the words more than, less than and equal to.

So pause the video and have a go.

How did you get on with the tasks? This was the first part of the task.

I asked you to compare some boxes of pencils.

I had a look at box 1 and box 2 and I said, "Box 2 holds more than box 1.

And box 1 holds less than box 2." If you look at the labels, you can see that box 1 holds 10 pencils, but box 2 holds 15 pencils.

15 pencils is more than 10 pencils, isn't it? Then I had to look at box 1 and box 3, and I said, "Box 1 holds more than box 1.

Box 1 holds less than box 3." Can you see the labels? Box 1 holds 10 pencils and box 3 holds 12 pencils.

12 pencils is more than 10 pencils.

Then I had to look at box 3 and box 2.

I said, "Box 2 holds more than box 3.

And box 3 holds less than box 2." On the labels I can see box 3 holds 12 pencils and box 2 holds 15 pencils.

15 pencils is more than 12 pencils, isn't it? Well done.

The second part of your task, I ask you to compare the containers.

This is what I said.

"Box 1 holds less than box 2.

Box 3 holds less than box 4.

Box 2 holds more than box 1.

Box 4 holds more than box 3.

Box 2 holds the same as box 3.

What else did you find? What did you say about the boxes? We've got to the end of our lesson today.

Well done everyone.

We were looking at comparing items using capacity.

This is what we found out.

Items can be compared according to how much they can hold.

This is called capacity.

The words more than, less than and equal to can be used to compare items. Well done everyone on today's lesson.

See you next time.