Minds On

Noticing diverse measurements

What do you notice about the images? What is the same? What is different?

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Access the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

How to Record Your Ideas

Action

Measuring bears

Materials Needed

Materials needed

Materials needed for this learning activity:

  • paper
  • stuffy, toy, person
  • crayons or markers
  • small objects to use as measurement tools

Let’s measure the bears!

Which bear in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" might be the tallest?

Let’s find out!

We can find out through measuring. Let’s check out Papa Bear.

Four pencils are lined up vertically from Papa Bear’s feet to their head.
Let’s measure Papa Bear with pencils

How do we measure? We count the number of pencils.

How many pencils tall is Papa Bear?

How tall is Baby Bear? Let’s measure!

Two pencils are lined up vertically from Baby Bear’s feet to their head.
Let’s measure Baby Bear with pencils

How do we measure? We count the number of pencils.

How many pencils tall is Baby Bear?

Let’s measure the chairs!

We can also measure how wide something is.

Let’s check out Papa Bear’s chair.

Four pencils are lined up horizontally from one side of Papa Bear's chair to the other. The chair fills the whole length.
Let’s measure Papa Bear's chair

We can count the number of pencils.

How many pencils wide is Papa Bear’s chair?

Now let’s check out Baby Bear’s chair.

Four pencils are lined up horizontally under Baby Bear's chair. The chair fills half the space.
Let’s measure Baby Bear’s chair

We can count the number of pencils.

How many pencils wide is Baby Bear’s chair? Remember, we only want to count to the end of the chair.

Your turn!

Time to measure! Measure the following objects. Decide how tall or how wide they are.

Select the correct answer.

Consolidation

Measuring more!

Try It

Try it

Try it yourself.

Choose two people or two objects (a stuffy, toys, or draw using markers or crayons) in your learning space.

Compare the two people or objects you chose:

  • Which one is taller?
  • Which one is wider?
  • How can you measure them to find out?

Remember you don’t have to use pencils to measure. You can measure with any object you like!

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

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