Hunting for Measured Treasure

This center-based lesson plan will have students identifying measurable attributes and comparing measurement with non-standard units using a "starting line" mat. In these activities, students will compare and order objects according to length.  All recording materials are printable.

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Hunting for Measured Treasure

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Remembering

Helpful Hints

Materials:

Longest Straw: Center 1

  • Three shoeboxes
  • Various lengths of straws, or sticks.
  • Three place mats

Hunting for Measured Treasure: Center 

  • Yarn
  • Masking tape

Animal Trails: Center 3

  • Animal Trail animals
  • Animal Trails recording sheet
  • Masking tape
  • Blue construction paper
  • Brown construction paper

Place Your Order: Center 4

Various items e.g.: 

  • straws
  • ribbons
  • popsicle sticks
  • toothpicks
  • pencils
  • crayons
  • paper strips or pieces of string/yarn.
  • A place mat with a Wikki Stix baseline for each pair of students

Additional Resources:

Books:

  • Bigger and Smaller, by Robert Proman
  • Pancakes, Pancakes, by Eric Carle
  • The Apple Bird, by Brian Wildsmith
  • The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss
  • The Little Red Hen, by Paul Galdone
  • The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
  • 50 Math Activities for your Kindergarten Classroom, by Scholastic Books; ISBN 0-590-32773-9
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff, by Paul Galdone

References

Contributors: 
Lisa Bell
Citations: 

References:

  • Coombs, B., Harcourt, L., & Young, S. (1993). Explorations 1 in Math. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
  • Schwartz, S.L. (1995). Developing power in linear measurement. Teaching Children Mathematics, Mar 1995, 412-16.
Originator: 
Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation