By: Leo Lionni
Grade level: K-2 (1st grade)
CCSSM: Measurement & Data 1.MD
Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
1. Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
2. Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
Represent and interpret data.
4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another
CCSSM Standards for Mathematical Practice
4. Model with mathematics and 6. Attend to precision
Summary:
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
Meet a winning, winsome inchworm, proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him for breakfast unless he can measure her song, it's a good thing he's so skilled — and so tricky.
Perfect for classroom units on the seasons or measurement.
Rating: 5 stars
Classroom Ideas/ Lesson Ideas: Introduce the ruler as a primary device of measurement
Objective:
Students will learn that a ruler is marked with numbers
Students will learn that each number represents a unit of measurement
Students will learn to use a ruler to measure many objects in the class room environment
Materials: "The Ruler, King of measurement song
A ruler for each student
Blank paper so each child can collect data
crown to color and tape to rulers
Crayons, scissors, and double stick tape
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