Student: Jacqueline Mannix

Course: EDU 329-02

Grade: Kindergarten
Topic: Measuring Differences

Professor: Dr. Kraemer

Date: February 29, 2016
Content Area: Mathematics

Instructional Objective
After reviewing the three ways objects can differ in measurements, students will compare
items brought from home to each other and sort according to their knowledge of
measuring. Students will be able to distinguish the difference between objects based on
height, length and weight. Students will be able to organize these objects with 90%
accuracy.
Standards and Indicators
Mathematics: Measurement and Data (K.MD.1)
Students will describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.
Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
Mathematics: Measurement and Data (K.MD.2)
Students will directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see
which object has more of/less of the attribute, and describe the difference. For
example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as
taller/shorter.
ELA & Literacy Standard: Speaking and Listening; Comprehension and Collaboration
(SL.1)
Studentswillparticipateincollaborativeconversationswithdiversepartnersabout
kindergartentopicsandtextswithpeersandadultsinsmallandlargergroups.
Materials

SMARTboard
Bucket balance scale
10 items students bring from home
Marbles
Counting cubes as measurement markers
Measuring worksheets
Yarn
Childs Photo
Oak Tag
Strategies

Cooperative Learning: This will be evident when students break into pairs and discuss the
differences of their 10 items. This will also be evident when students assemble in groups

of four and compare their heaviest and lightest items with each other. Cooperative
learning will also be evident when students stand during the lesson and compare heights
with the student next to them.
Group Discussion: This will be evident when the teacher and students discuss the
difference in width, height and length of items displayed on the SMARTboard
presentation.
Independent Study: Students will work on a worksheet of guesses at the beginning of the
lesson. At the end of their lesson, they will work backwards and correct their guesses on
this worksheet.
Motivation
The teacher will have the students pair up in the beginning of the lesson and write 5
things that are different about each other. The teacher will tell students to stand back to
back, compare heights. The teacher will then use examples of differences to start lesson
of types of measuring.

Developmental Procedures
Students will be motivated to pair up with partners and compare themselves with
their partner. They will write in their notebook any physical differences between
their partner and themselves. Comparisons should include but are not limited to
students height, length of feet, width of body, and weight respectively in
comparison. This will be the students Do Now. (Who is taller you or your
partner? Who has longer hair? Whose body is wider?)
The teacher will present the terms of comparison to the students. Such terms as
longer, shorter, heavier, lighter, wider, thinner, taller and others they might use in
the lesson.
The students then will work on their first activity being measuring length.
Students will take out their 10 items that were asked to be brought into class from
home. Upon taking out the items the teacher will present the students with
counting cubes where they will utilize these cubes as measurement markers.
Students will then log each item in the respective column and make two
statements that relate to their results. (Who has the longest item in the class? Who
has the shortest?)
The students will then move on to measuring weight in groups of four. Utilizing
their 10 items brought from home students will pick 2 each and measure them on
the bucket scale. For a measurement marker in weight students will use marbles.
(How many marbles does your lightest item weigh? How many marbles did you
use to measure your heaviest item?)
Students will now incorporate themselves in learning how to measure height.
Students will lie on the floor, while the teacher measures them with a string of
yarn. The teacher will cut the yarn and attach the students photo to each piece of
yarn. At the end of the lesson, the teacher will make a chart on oak tag with all of

the students pieces of yarn and compare the measurements. (Who is the tallest in
the class? Who has the shortest piece of yarn?)
The teacher will then have students sit and she will display a SMARTboard
presentation of items with differences. (Which is heavier an elephant or a pencil?
What is taller the Empire State building or the teacher?) Students will engage in
volunteering to answer the questions.
Adaptations

The student who is an English Language Learner will be given a visual word
sheet to help them with recognizing what is the comparison. For example a
picture of two safety pins ones longer, ones shorter. These words will be displayed
next to each item.
The student with fine motor skills issues will be aided in putting together
measuring blocks and picking up the marbles to measure.
Differentiation of Instruction

Struggling students: Students will make estimates towards examples and try to prove
the differences of measurement between two items. Students will fill out the worksheets
on weight and length but will not have to compare items to each other but rather to well
known items with 80% accuracy. For example, students will be asked if their pencil is
heavier or lighter than their textbook.
Average students: Students will probe the differences of measurement between two
items by measuring and comparing the collected data. Students will successfully
complete the measuring logs and answer all provided questions with 90% accuracy.
Advanced Students: Students will complete the worksheets by measuring and then
compare their data and distinguish the difference in measurement with 90% accuracy. For
example, students will tell whether something is heavier/ lighter than something else and
be able to write it.
Assessment
Students will be able to distinguish the difference between objects based on height, length
and weight. Students will be able to organize these objects with 90% accuracy.
Independent Practice
The student will be asked to write 6 things that they compared at home and their
differences in measurement.
Follow Up Direct Teacher Intervention and Academic Enrichment
Direct Teacher Intervention: The student will complete a scavenger hunt for things to
compare in the classroom, that are in comparison to what the teacher may display.

Academic Enrichment: Students will replace measuring markers with actual measuring
tools such as weights and a ruler.
Teacher References

Name: _______________________

Length
Item brought from home

How many cubes long?

Compare two items from this list to fill in the following sentences.
My________________________ is longer than my ____________________________.
My ________________________ is shorter than my ____________________________.

Name: __________________________

Weight
Item brought from home

How many marbles?

Heavier/ Lighter

Compare two items from this list to fill in the following sentences.
The________________________ is heavier than the____________________________.
The ________________________ is lighter than the____________________________.