Length of an Object: Measurement Bundle with Fun Measuring a Friend Activity

Subject: Math, Measurement and Data

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers and practice the "language" of math
• Practice the "how" to measure while determining the length of classroom objects and labeling them
• Work together in order to trace around their partner's body, measure and label the pictures of themselves

Materials Needed:

• Pencils, crayons/colored pencils/markers
• Document camera or whiteboard
• Same size blocks or cubes for measuring
• Different objects (paper clips, counting chips) and a variety of different size blocks/cubes
• Different measuring tools to show as examples– measuring tape – rigid one and a flexible one, ruler, meter stick, yardstick
• Book to measure
• Long butcher paper to trace the students bodies

Printable Resources:

• • “Printable Rulers” 2 rulers per student
  • “Measure and Record” (1 copy per student).

CCSS: 1.MD.2