Favourite Pencils – Length
Launch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZvBfCk1BU
Discuss placing the item at the same point this way you can see which item is longer.
Give kids a little ball of playdough and a whiteboard. With your playdough roll it into a snake. Now join with a partner, who has the longest snake? How do you know?
Move to another partner and repeat the process.
What are the important parts of measuring?
Explore:
What is the most popular colour pencil in your tin.
Prove it?
Get kids to lay pencils out and give them 1 minute to see if they understand the concept. If not stop and read the ‘Day the Crayons Quit’ the Blue Crayon Page
Enabling- Have a marker where you can lay the pencil down so that measurements are accurate.
Extending- What is the most popular colour overall in the grade.