Lyndi Dodd

Unit Title: Measurement Grade Level: 1st Grade

Guiding Question: What all can I measure?

State Content Skills Activities Assessment(s) Resources

Standard
(s)
1.MD.1 What is a ruler Students will Measurement Measurement Sid the Science Kid
Order and how can it discover a booklets booklets. video:
three be used? ruler and https://www.youtube.c
objects by what it is used The teacher will om/watch?v=fPEcTmyS
length;
for. observe the students UIs
compare
the
as they do the
lengths of Students will worksheet to check Website to get free
two demonstrate for understanding. measurement
objects how to use a worksheets
indirectly ruler by https://www.education.
by using a measuring com/worksheets/first-
third many items. grade/measurement/
object.

1.MD.1 Compare lengths The students Feet, Feet, and Informal: The teacher Resources: Inch by Inch
of two different will be able to more Feet: will walk around and book by Leo Lionni
items. compare the Students will monitor the students
lengths of two measure their foot as they measure.
different and them a friends
items. foot, and they will Informal: The
compare. students must
measure one item of
the teachers choice
as an exit ticket to
leave class.
1.MD.1 How does Students will Measurement Informal: Teacher Resources:
1.MD.2 measurement be able to word problems- will walk around and http://www.k-
relate to the real solve word Students will work monitor the students 5mathteachingresource
world? problems in groups to solve to make sure they s.com/support-
involving these problems understand word files/length-word-
measuring using actual problems and problems.pdf
three measurement measurement.
different tools.
items.
Measurement Time
Three- Students
will put three items
of different length
by comparing one
 item to the other
two.
1.MD.1 Why do we need The students Mouse Informal: The teacher Resources:
to classify items will be able to Measurement- will observe the https://betterlesson.co
by length? classify students will place students as they do m/lesson/588180/mice-
objects from different lengths of their measurements measurement
shortest to mouse tails in activity.
longest. order from Website for students to
shortest to longest. Formal: The students play game.
will be given a quiz http://www.mathchimp.
Measurement with different size com/1.4.1.php
Order- The lines. They must
students will measure them and
measure two place them in order.
different items and
put them in order.

1.MD.1 Measure items Students will Measure Me- Informal: The http://www.inter
1.MD.2 in inches and demonstrate Students will teacher will be net4classrooms.co
put them in how to draw a big able to observe m/skill_builders/
picture, medium measurement_ma
order from measure items these activities to
picture, and a th_first_1st_grade
smallest to in inches. small picture of see if the
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largest. themselves. They students are on
will then track or not.
Students will measure them in
inches, and place
How do I classify objects
them in largest
compare items from largest to to smallest based Formal: There
by measuring smallest. on will not be any
them in measurement. formal
inches? assessment.
Group
Measurement-
Students will
measure each
person in their
group and get in
order from
shortest to tallest
based on their
measurements.
1.MD.2 Can we The student Traits of Inches Informal: The Resources:
measure with will practice and Centimeters teacher will
inches and using inches observe the https://www.yout
centimeters? and Estimation students as they
centimeters to Station- Students measure to make ube.com/watch?v
Use inches and measure will estimate sure they
centimeters to different items. measurement of understand the =7lPvPwlTxwk
measure the items of their difference.
same items. Students will choice.
distinguish
between Measurement
inches and Handout-
centimeters. Students will
choose two items
Students will and measure in
estimate the inches and
sizes of objects centimeters.

1.MD.2 Can items be Students will Marshmallow Informal: The Resources:

measured with demonstrate Measure- students must
2. Express the other items using Students will measure on item Manipulatives
length of an
that are manipulatives different sized with
object as a Math Center:
whole number
smaller? to measure lines on a paper marshmallows as
Measuring with 1
of length units, items. using an exit ticket.
inch snap cubes.
by laying marshmallows.
multiple copies
Informal: The
of a shorter Measurement teacher will walk
object (the Worksheet- around and
length unit) end Students will observe the
to end; measure items students.
understand on the list using 1
that the length inch cubes.
measurement
of an object is
the number of
same-size
length units
that span it
with no gaps or
overlaps.

1.MD.1 Can all things Students will Measurement Informal: The Resources:
be measured locate items Scavenger Hunt teacher will walk http://www.curric
1.MD.2 using inches or listed and around and ulumresources.ne
centimeters? measure them Homework: monitor the t/wp-
students as they content/uploads/
measure items 2013/03/Measure
 in inches and Home around the mentScavengerHu
centimeters. Measurement classroom for a ntAnIndependent
Scavenger scavenger hunt. MathCenter.pdf

1.MD.2 What did we The students Measurement Formal: The Resources:

learn about will be able to Centers: teacher will have http://www.crazyf
measurement? classify objects Measure items each group come orfirstgrade.com/
by their and put in order to her to check 2011/11/measure
lengths. shortest to for ment-fun.html
longest. understanding.
The students Measurement
will what they Measure your Games:
have learned friend https://www.educ
about ation.com/games/
measurement Use measurement/
to the centers. manipulatives to
measure
different items.

1.MD.1 We will review The students The students will Formal: The Game Website:
measurement, will recall the review by going students will https://www.educ
and what we information over their then take a ation.com/games/
1.MD.2 have learned they have measurement formal measurement/
about it. learned about books. assessment on
measurement. measurement to
see what they
learned.

1.MD.3 What are the The students Time Worksheet: Formal: The
parts of an will be able to Students must students must
The teacher analog clock, distinguish all label the parts of label the parts of
will monitor and how are the different a clock. a clock.
the students they used? parts of an
as they work analog clock. Informal: The
on the word teacher will walk
The students Tick-Tock Clock: around and
problems.
will be able to The students will answer any
The teacher
interpret the make their own questions the
will also be
numbers on an clocks out of students have.
there to
analog clock. items provided
answer any by the teacher.
questions
that they
have.