Measurement Unit
Measurement Unit
Measurement Unit
It is important to teach
measurement skills in a nonstandard form because it will form
the building blocks for learning
how to successfully measure
length, height, weight, etc. in
standard form. This is an
essential life skill that all people
need. This unit will also provide
students with an opportunity to
practice their observation,
problem solving, and
communication skills.
It is also important that students
learn about the motion of objects
because knowing how things
move and why is part of everyday
life. If we did not know how things
move we would be living in an
unsafe and chaotic world.
Essential Questions
Open-ended and thoughtprovoking questions that link the
curricular areas and engage
students.
Why is measuring important?
What are different ways of
measuring?
What are real life situations
where we use our measuring
skills?
How does gravity affect the
motion of certain objects?
How does force affect the motion
of certain objects?
Math:
Communicate in many
ways
Elaborations: concretely,
pictorially, symbolically,
and by using spoken or
written language to
express, describe, explain,
and apply mathematical
ideas
Connect mathematical
concepts to each other and
make mathematical
connections to the real
world
Elaborations: in daily
Content
Students will know and
understand:
(state in your own words)
Math:
Students will be able to:
Direct comparative
measurement
Use appropriate
measurement language:
length, width, longer than,
shorter than, wider than,
mass, heavier than, lighter
than, height, capacity,
holds more, holds less.
Science:
Students will be able to:
Describe how things move
(rolling, bouncing, sliding)
Experience, document,
perform, and share creative
Elaborations: activities
that help students reflect
on their learning and make
their learning visible
friends foot
Concept 2 (mass)
I can compare the weight of my backpack
and my friends backpack
I can compare the weight of different objects
in the classroom
Concept 3 (Capacity)
I can explain which containers hold more
water and which hold less
equal length
activity. To be
done in the forest
as well.
I can measure the
height of my
friend activity,
using string.
The Foot Book
activity read
aloud of the
Dr.Suess book
with partner
work.
Introduction to
weight we will
compare the
weight of 2
students
backpacks.
Discuss why 2 of
the same objects
have different
weights.
Intro to capacity
discuss what
capacity is, why
containers, cups,
bowls hold
shorter Straw
Wars
Estimate activity
with 3 different
containers and
cubes how many
cubes can fit inside
different amounts
of water.
Activity around
predicting what
container can
hold the most.
Circle Time
activity
students will
guess how the
object will roll or
slide down a
slope.
Circle Time
activity #2
students will
measure how far
objects have
rolled or slid
using string.
Partner Work
students will
choose an object
from a bin and
investigate how
these objects
move (pushed,
each of the
containers?
Station Sort the
pompoms into
different containers
ex: how many
big pompoms fit
inside the smallest
container?
In small group we will
investigate how things
move and how far
things move.
Using wind to move
a feather (students
will use a straw to
blow a feather we
will measure how
far the feather
moved).
Discovering
whether the
surface changes
how the object
moves (tile, carpet,
rugs).
Does an object roll
in a straight line?
pulled)
Circle Time
students will
guess how high
certain objects
can bounce we
will measure
together with
some string 2
students at a
time.
Partner work
partners will
choose an object
to investigate
how it bounces.
(How high does it
bounce? Why
does it or doesnt
it bounce? Etc.)
Contd
Why do some
objects bounce and
others dont?
Learning Game:
using different
objects and a
cookie sheet
guess which object
may move the
quickest, guess
which object may
roll or slide, try
making the ramp
less or more steep.
Learning Game:
marble maze, using
a cardboard box
tape lines inside of
box and use a
marble to navigate
thru the maze.