Three levels, three pictures, one class display. Every student in the room converts kilograms to grams at the level that suits them, and every finished picture goes on the wall for October. The pictures are friendly, not scary: a jack-o'-lantern in a witch's hat (Bronze), a friendly ghost with two pumpkins (Silver) and a haunted house with a pumpkin patch (Gold). The booklet opens on a farmers' market pumpkin tag.
The three levels
- Bronze (Beginner), 12 questions: whole numbers and tenths, easy comparisons, one-step word problems.
- Silver (Intermediate), 16 questions: tenths and hundredths, trickier comparisons with <, > and =.
- Gold (Expert), 20 questions: up to 3 decimal places and two-step word problems.
Every page shows its level badge, so you can hand out sheets without making a fuss about who is on which level.
How it runs
- Lesson 1: warm-up, key words, converting with a place value chart and three worked examples (convert, compare, word problem). Students start their level.
- Lesson 2: students finish their questions, colour their picture and check it against the answer picture on the slides.
- Lesson 3 (optional): move up a level or do the More practice page, then put the pictures up.
Maths covered
- MA3-NSM-01: recognise whole-number and decimal representations of mass, convert between units and solve problems with different units of mass
- MA3-RN-02: compare decimals up to 3 decimal places
Good to know
- The colour name is printed in every question box, so the black and white booklet works on a school printer.
- Teach it first with Metric Mass Introduction and Reading Scales.
- Try a free Bronze sheet first: the Halloween Mass Colour by Number Free Sampler.
- Get all three packs (9 pictures) in the Halloween Mass Colour by Number Bundle, or see the other two packs: Grams to Kilograms and Tonnes to Kilograms.
