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Math lesson plan · 1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 30 minutes

Measure with same-size units and compare unit sizes

Measurement

CCSS 1.MD.A.2CCSS 2.MD.A.2England: Y1 Measurement

Objective and success criteria

Students will: Measure with same-size units and compare unit sizes.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Measure length with units

Leads to: Spot measuring mistakes: gaps and overlaps

Materials: Rulers, scales and measuring jugs, Clock faces, Conversion chart, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 4 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Measure length with units). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. Ethan's paper chain is 11 clips long. Grace's is 5 clips long. How many clips longer is Ethan's chain? → 6Prompt: Find the difference between the two lengths.
  2. Diego's paper chain is 6 clips long. Tariq's is 5 clips long. How many clips longer is Diego's chain? → 1Prompt: Find the difference between the two lengths.
  3. Noah's paper chain is 7 clips long. Ines's is 6 clips long. How many clips longer is Noah's chain? → 1Prompt: Find the difference between the two lengths.

Hook · 3 min

  • Ask the class to estimate the length of the room or the weight of a bag before measuring it.
  • Share the objective: Measure with same-size units and compare unit sizes. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 7 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: A grown-up measures a table and gets 7 hand-spans. Sam's hand is bigger. Will Sam count more or fewer hand-spans?
  • Step 1: Bigger hand-spans, so fewer of them.
  • Step 2: Fewer
  • Answer: Fewer
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 6 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. A grown-up measures a table and gets 10 hand-spans. Ines's hand is bigger. Will Ines count more or fewer hand-spans? (More / Fewer / The same) → FewerPrompt: The table does not change.
  2. Liam measured a book with paper clips and got 6. Kwame measured the same book with cubes and got 10. Which unit is longer? (The paper clip / The cube) → The paper clipPrompt: The book is the same length both times.

You do: independent practice · 7 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 3 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. Mei measured a book with paper clips and got 7. Ines measured the same book with cubes and got 10. Which unit is longer? (The paper clip / The cube) → The paper clipPrompt: The book is the same length both times.
  2. A grown-up measures a table and gets 10 hand-spans. Sam's hand is bigger. Will Sam count more or fewer hand-spans? (More / Fewer / The same) → FewerPrompt: The table does not change.

Watch out for

  • Measuring from the end of the ruler instead of zero.
  • Converting units the wrong way (multiplying instead of dividing).

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Measure length with units.
  • Use concrete materials: rulers, scales and measuring jugs.
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Move on to: Spot measuring mistakes: gaps and overlaps.
  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

Homework and more practice

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Measure with same-size units and compare unit sizes

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Score/ 6

  1. Question 1

    Isla measured a book with paper clips and got 4. Nia measured the same book with cubes and got 9. Which unit is longer?

    • A. The paper clip
    • B. The cube

  2. Question 2

    The leaf lies along a row of cubes, starting at 0. How many cubes long is it?

    12345679101112131408

    Answer

  3. Question 3

    A grown-up measures a table and gets 7 hand-spans. Liam's hand is smaller. Will Liam count more or fewer hand-spans?

    • A. More
    • B. Fewer
    • C. The same

  4. Question 4

    Kwame measured a book with paper clips and got 6. Kofi measured the same book with cubes and got 9. Which unit is longer?

    • A. The paper clip
    • B. The cube

  5. Question 5

    The pencil lies along a row of cubes, starting at 0. How many cubes long is it?

    12346789101112131405

    Answer

  6. Question 6

    A grown-up measures a table and gets 7 hand-spans. Felix's hand is bigger. Will Felix count more or fewer hand-spans?

    • A. More
    • B. Fewer
    • C. The same

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Answer key: Measure with same-size units and compare unit sizes

  1. 1. A. The paper clip

  2. 2. 8

  3. 3. A. More

  4. 4. A. The paper clip

  5. 5. 5

  6. 6. B. Fewer