Who is Taller?
Firing up the Brain:
Have you seen a chart like this before? Where? What do they use it for?
Preparing the Brain:
WALT: Use the language of length to compare our heights.
WILF: Accepting others opinions and expressing our own respectfully.
WILF: Accepting others opinions and expressing our own respectfully.
Engaging the Brain:
If I was going to see who was taller, which of the following could I use?
Stretching the Brain:
1. List your group members from tallest to shortest when you are sitting in your chair. (you aren't able to compare visually)
2. Vote on a how you are going to measure and compare your heights using one tool/material.
3. Re-record your answers from tallest to shortest.
4. If you have time, vote on a how you are going to measure and compare your heights using a different tool/material.
2. Vote on a how you are going to measure and compare your heights using one tool/material.
3. Re-record your answers from tallest to shortest.
4. If you have time, vote on a how you are going to measure and compare your heights using a different tool/material.
Strengthening the Brain:
Length or not length?
* I use a piece of string to measure from the top of my fingers to the bottom of my palm.
* I use cubes to cover the table and count how many there are.
* I place a bag of flour on the scales and read the number it says.
* I go to the doctor, they make me stand against the wall and they move the measuring tape from the floor to the top of my head.
* I use a piece of string to measure from the top of my fingers to the bottom of my palm.
* I use cubes to cover the table and count how many there are.
* I place a bag of flour on the scales and read the number it says.
* I go to the doctor, they make me stand against the wall and they move the measuring tape from the floor to the top of my head.
Firing up the Brain:
Preparing the Brain:
WALT: Compare lengths of everyday items.
WILF: We look for solutions.
WILF: We look for solutions.
Engaging the Brain:
Look at these everyday items. Can you estimate the length with your hands.
Which of these is bigger/smaller than a....
- car
- bobby pin
- an adult's shoe
- a baby shoe
- a hola hoop
Which of these is bigger/smaller than a....
- car
- bobby pin
- an adult's shoe
- a baby shoe
- a hola hoop
Stretching the Brain:
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Firing up the Brain:
Preparing the Brain:
WALT: Compare and measure lengths of string
WILF: You are focused and accurate.
WILF: You are focused and accurate.
Engaging the Brain:
Stretching the Brain:
Compare and measure your own lengths of string.
- Line them up to compare
- Stick them down from longest to shortest
- Measure them accurately
- Record your measurements
- Line them up to compare
- Stick them down from longest to shortest
- Measure them accurately
- Record your measurements