Measuring Mathematicians - 1st Grade

In this episode of Let's Learn GA!, students learn how to express the length of an object as a whole number of length units. Practice includes laying multiple copies of a shorter object end to end to measure a longer object.

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Measuring Mathematicians - 1st Grade

From Let's Learn GA! - Model Lessons, Mathematics Model Lessons

Measuring Mathematicians - 1st Grade

Materials needed for this lesson include:

- 2 items to measure (marker, vegetable, pencil, eraser, etc.)

- smaller objects to measure with (unifix cubes or paperclips)

- paper or math journal

- pencil

Mathematics

MGSE1.MD.2

Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. (Iteration)

Let's Learn GA! - Model Lessons Segments

Mathematics Model Lessons

Let's Learn GA! is series of video lessons for grades K-8 taught by Georgia teachers in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education. The videos in this collection are aligned to Georgia’s mathematics standards and support both in-person and remote learning plans.

Data - 1st Grade

Measuring Mathematicians - 1st Grade

The Carter Commissary Store & Math - 2nd Grade

Place Value - 2nd Grade

Fractions - 3rd Grade

Elapsed Time (Part 1) - 3rd Grade

Elapsed Time (Part 2) - 3rd Grade

Place Value - 3rd Grade

Multiplication - 3rd Grade

Fractions - 5th Grade

Probability in Statistics - 7th Grade

Normal Distribution - 9th

Permutations & Combinations (Part 1) - 10th Grade

Permutations & Combinations (Part 2) - 10th Grade

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