Assessment
Activities
for Mathematics
Level 1 to Level 5
Assessment Activities
In this booklet there are example assessment activities for mathematics levels 1 to 5
Each activity enables pupils to demonstrate their understanding of a variety of concepts, therefore providing opportunities for teachers to potentially collect evidence for more than one area of mathematics(more than one APP statement)
Note: Pupils may not be able to complete all parts of the activity accurately, but may still provide evidence of understanding in their solutions for some of the statements
The activities can be completed independently in either an individual, small group or whole class context
If the activities are completed in an individual or small group context and the pupils are given the opportunity to talk about and explain what they have done, there may also be the additional opportunity to collect evidence about the pupils’ levels of reasoning
For each activity, any required paper-based resources are included and where practical resources are needed, these are identified
On the observation sheets included, the mathematics Attainment Target that each skill links to is identified
(U+A = Using and Applying. N = Number. SSM = Shape, space and measures. HD = Handling Data)
Contents Page
Contents / PageLevel 1 / 4 - 8
Assessment Activity One(with observation sheet)–properties of shape, counting, ordering, addition and subtraction / 5 - 6
Assessment Activity Two (with observation sheet) – properties of shape, length, mass and time / 7 - 8
Level 2 / 9 – 15
Assessment Activity Three (with pupil sheet and observation sheet) – sequences, place value, addition and subtraction, / 10 - 12
Assessment Activity Four (with pupil sheet and observation sheet) – money, mental addition and subtraction, double, half, turns and block graph / 13 - 15
Level 3 / 16 – 21
Assessment Activity Five (with pupil sheet and workings sheet) – fractions; decimals (money); addition, subtraction and multiplication (mental and written), time and bar chart/pictogram / 17 - 19
Assessment Activity Six (with observation sheet) – properties of 2D shape, symmetry, area, perimeter and Venn/Carroll diagram / 20 - 21
Level 4 / 22 – 28
Assessment Activity Seven (with possible solution) – properties of number and Venn/Carroll diagram / 23 - 24
Assessment Activity Eight (with pupil sheet) – decimal sequences; order decimal numbers; equivalence of fractions, decimals and percentages; addition; subtraction and multiplication / 25 - 26
Assessment Activity Nine(with pupil sheet) – properties of 2D shape, coordinates, symmetry, area and perimeter / 27 - 28
Level 5 / 29 - 32
Assessment Activity Ten – algebra, line graphs, multiply and divide decimals, coordinates and properties of 2D shapes / 30
Assessment Activity Eleven(with pupil sheet) – fractions, decimals, percentages and probability / 31 - 32
Level 1
Observation sheet(Tick/cross/comment)
Name 2-D shape(SSM)
Biggest/smallest(SSM/U+A)
Features of shapes(SSM)
Positional language(SSM)
Sort and explain criteria(HD)
Count up to 10 objects(N)
Read, write numbers to 10(N)
Order numbers to 10(N)
What number comes next?(N)
Count to 10(N)
Understand addition as total
Add objects to 10
Record their work
(N)
Addition to 10(N)
Understand subtraction as ‘take away’
Subtract objects from 10
Record their work
(N)
Observation sheet(Tick/cross/comment)
Largest/smallest(SSM/U+A)
Lighter/heavier(SSM/U+A)
Order from lightest to heaviest(SSM/U+A)
Compare lengths directly(SSM/U+A)
Use non-standard units to measure length(SSM)
Draw simple conclusion about length and talk about what done(SSM/U+A)
Order from shortest to longest(SSM)
Order days of the week(SSM)
Respond to positional language (above/under)(SSM)
Read time at the hour on an analogue clock
Read time at the half hour on an analogue clock
(SSM)
Show time at the hour on an analogue clock
Show the time at the half hour on an analogue clock
(SSM)
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Sequence frame and workings
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8 5 40 37 72
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Observation sheet(Tick/cross/comment)
Assessment focus / Pupil 1 / Pupil 2 / Pupil 3 / Pupil 4 / Pupil 5 / Pupil 6Explain sequence
Discuss reasons and use mathematical language
(N/U+A)
Calculate the sequence
Record mental jottings
(N)
Continue the sequence
+/- mentally using place value knowledge
(e.g. adding to tens and units columns, 0 as place holder)
Record mental jottings
(N/U+A)
Identify odd and even numbers
(N/U+A)
Add single digits mentally
Know subtraction is inverse of addition
Fact families
(N)
Order numbers to 100
(N)
Block graph assessment sheet
1p
2p
5p
10p
20p
50p
A block graph to show the number of different coins in a purse
Questions
1. Which coin do you have the most of? ______
2. How many more 5p coins do you have than 50p coins? ______
Observation sheet(Tick/cross/comment)
Assessment focus / Pupil 1 / Pupil 2 / Pupil 3 / Pupil 4 / Pupil 5 / Pupil 6Knows coin value
Higher and lower values
(N/U+A)
Position and movement
Straight line move
Right turn / left turn
Whole turn
Clockwise / Anti-clockwise
Half turn
Quarter turn
Right Angle
(SSM)
Number bonds to 10
Use for number bonds to 100
(N)
Double
(N)
Half
(N)
Relationship of double and halve
(N/U+A)
Knows ½ is divide by 2
Find half of small amount
(N/U+A)
Knows ¼ is divide by 4
Find quarter of small amount
(N/U+A)
Collect data in a table
(HD)
Present data as a block graph(One block = one coin)
(HD)
Interpret information
(HD)
Level 3
Assessment sheet
(in £) / Price
(in pence)
Sherlock Holmes / 48 / 92 mins / £14.79 / p
Lion King / 28 / 82 mins / £3.24 / p
Doctor Who / 5 / 124 mins / £8.19 / p
Friends / 66 / 96 mins / £7.02 / p
High School Musical / 20 / 95 mins / £9.99 / p
Toy Story 3 / 57 / 107 mins / £14.97 / p
Jungle Book / 32 / 89 mins / £3.42 / p
Big Brother Special / 24 / 57 mins / £9.09 / p
Working out
Question 7 / Question 8
Question 9 / Question 10
Question 11 / Question 12
Question 13 / Question 14
Question 15 / Any other calculations
Observation sheet(Tick/cross/comment)
Properties of 2-D shapes
Square
Irregular
Obtuse angle
Regular
Right angle
Lines of symmetry (no)
Equilateral triangle
Acute angle (SSM)
Explain thinking using mathematical language
(U+A)
Identify lines of symmetry
(SSM)
Measure to the nearest ½ cm
(SSM)
Recognise and draw net of a cuboid
(SSM)
Sort shapes using criteria relating to properties
Construct a Venn or Carroll diagram
(HD/U+A)
Reflect a shape on a grid in a vertical mirror line
(SSM)
Reflect a shape on a grid in a horizontal mirror line
(SSM)
Draw a rectangle accurately
(SSM)
Calculate area
(SSM)
Calculate perimeter
(SSM)
Level 4
Possible solution
Assessment sheet
- Identify the pattern in the sequence of decimal numbers below and continue the sequence by writing the next three numbers (show your calculations)
+ - + -
0.25 0.9 0.5 1.15 0.75
- How could you write the first, third and fifth decimal numbers in the sequence as fractions and as percentages?
Decimal / Fraction / Percentage
0.25
0.5
0.75
- Write the eight decimal numbers in the original sequence in order from smallest to largest
Smallest largest
- What is the difference between the smallest and largest number in the sequence?
- Multiply the second largest number in the sequence by 7. What is the product? (show your calculation)
1.4 x 7 =
Assessment sheet
Level 5
Assessment sheet
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