Math Tubs: Measurement
| Measure It! |
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Students work independently after a mini lesson on spinning, tallying, and graphing results. They spin their spinner, tally the results, and then create a bar graph. After another mini lesson about how to read a bar graph and interpret results, students spend time reading their bar graph and interpret their data.
Materials:
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rulers
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non-standard unit of measurement
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pencils
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objects to measure
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recording sheet
(preprogrammed)
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clip boards
| Literature Tie-Ins | ||||
| Cover | Title | Author | Online Resources | Math Focus |
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A House for Birdie | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 | Volume, Capacity. Measurement [length, width, height] |
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Cook-a-Doodle-Doo | Stevens | 1 | Capacity |
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The Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Weights and Measures | Pallotta | 1 | Weight, Length |
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How Big is a Foot | Myller | 1 | Length, Nonstandard and Standard Units |
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How Tall, How Short, How Far Away | Adler | 1 | Measurement, Metric, Standard |
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Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? | Wells | 1 | Size |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | Kellogg | 1 | Length |
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Keep Your Distance | Herman | Math Matters | Measurement [Inches, Feet, Yard, Miles], Comparing Distances [time, length] |
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Lulu's Lemonade | deRubertis | Math Matters | Capacity |
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Me and the Measure of Things | Sweeny | 1 | Length, Weight, Capacity |
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Measuring Penny | Leedy | 1 | Length, Weight, Capacity |
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Mighty Maddie | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 | Measurement, Weight, Comparing |
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Millions to Measure | Schwartz | 1 | Length, Weight, Capacity, Origin of Measurement |
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Polly's Pen Pal | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Length, Metric |
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Racing Around | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Length, Perimeter |
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Room for Ripley | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Capacity |
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Super Sand Castle Saturday | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Nonstandard Measurement |
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Tell Me How Far It Is | Willis | 1 | Length, Distance |
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The Best Bug Parade | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 #1 | Size |
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12 Snails to 1 Lizard | Hightower | 1 | Nonstandard Measurement, Length [in. ft. yd.] |
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Weight | Pluckrose | 1 | Weight |
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Capacity | Pluckrose | 1 | Capacity |
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Length | Pluckrose | 1 | Length |
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Size | Pluckrose | 1 | Length |
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The Little House | Burton | 1 | Sizes |
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Is it Larger? Is it Smaller? | Hoban | 1 | Sizes |
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Blue Sea | Kalan |
1 | Sizes |
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The Very Little Boy | Krasilovsky |
1 | Sizes |
| 1 | What Size? | MacKinnon |
1 | Sizes |
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Big or Little? | Miller | 1 | Sizes |
| 1 | I Know a |
Rand | 1 | Sizes |
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Sam’s Sneaker Squares | Gabriel |
1 | Area |
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Not Enough Room! | Rocklin |
Hello Math Reader | Area |
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Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab | Bash |
1 | Area, Perimeter |
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Spaghetti and Meatballs for All | Burns | #1 #2 #3 #4 | Area, Perimeter |
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The Librarian Who Measured the Earth | Lasky |
1 | Circumference |
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How We Learned the Earth is Round | Lauber |
Lets-Read-And-Find-Out Science | Circumference |
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Bigger, Better, Best | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Area |
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Calculating Area | Bernstein | Weekly Reader | Area |
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Chickens on the Move | Pollack | Math Matters | Perimeter |
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Racing Around | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Length, Perimeter |
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The House I'll Build for the Wrens | Neitzel | 1 | Perimeter, Area |
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Carrie Measures Up | Aber |
Math Matters | Measurement |
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Mirette on the High Wire | Arnold | 1 | Measurement |
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The King’s Chessboard | Birch |
#1 | Measurement |
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Armadillo Rodeo | Brett | 1 | Measurement |
| 1 | Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide | Fey |
A Young Math Book | Measurement |
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Mushroom in the Rain | Ginsburg |
1 | Measurement |
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Two Greedy Bears | Ginsburg |
1 | Measurement |
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The Village of Round and Square Houses | Grifalconi |
1 | Measurement |
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Happy Birthday, Sam | Hutchins |
1 | Measurement |
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Much Bigger than Martin | Kellogg | 11 | Measurement |
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Math Fair Blues | Kissirer |
Math Matters | Measurement |
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More For Me | Kleinhenz |
Hello Math Reader | Measurement |
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Too Tall Tina | Patino |
Math Matters | Measurement |
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Inchworm and a Half | Pinczes |
1 | Measurement |
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The Case of the Backyard Treasure | Rocklin |
Hello Math |
Measurement |
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The Foot Book | Seuss | 1 | Measurement |
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One Inch Tall | Silverstein | 1 | Measurement |
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A House for a Hermit Crab | Carle | 1 | Measurement |
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Come Away from the Water, Shirley | Burningham |
1 | Measurement, Capacity |
| 1 | Tiddalick, the Frog Who Caused a Flood | Roennfeldt |
1 | Measurement, Capacity |
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How to Weigh and Elephant | Barner |
1 | Measurement, Comparing |
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Pardon? Said the Giraffe | West | 1 | Measurement, Comparing |
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Looking for Cinderella | Dematon | 1 | Measurement, Comparing Height and Length |
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Pigs in the Pantry | Axelrod | 1 | Measurement, Cooking |
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Story Book Stew | Barchers |
1 | Measurement, Cooking |
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The Math Chef | D’Amico | #1 | Measurement, Cooking |
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Thunder Cake | Polacco | 1 | Measurement, Cooking |
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Wagon Wheels | Brenner |
I Can Read Books | Measurement, Distance |
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My Place in Space | Hirst |
1 | Measurement, Distance |
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Pigs on the Move | Axelrod | 1 | Measurement, Distance, Time |
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My Friend Rabbit | Rohmann |
1 | Measurement, Height |
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Mapping Penny’s World | Leedy | 1 | Measurement, Maps [map scale, key, symbols] |
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Miss Nelson is Missing | Allard |
1 | Measurement, Non Standard |
| 1 | Star Maiden | Esbenson |
1 | Measurement, Non Standard |
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Inch by Inch | Lionni | 1 | Measurement, Non Standard |
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How Big is Big? | Strauss |
1 | Measurement, Non Standard |
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The Biggest Fish | Keenan
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Hello Math Reader | Measurement, Non-standard |
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Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky | Ringgold |
1 | Measurement, Perimeter |
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Jim and The Beanstalk | Briggs |
1 | Measurement, Proportion |
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The Borrowers | Norton |
1 |
Measurement, Scale, Ratio, Proporti |
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Zoom | Banyai
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1 | Measurement, Size |
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Re-Zoom | Banyai |
1 | Measurement, Proportion |
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The Mitten | Brett | 1 | Measurement, Size, Capacity |
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Patrick’s Dinosaurs | Carrick |
1 | Measurement, Size |
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A Pig is Big | Florian |
1 | Measurement, Size |
| 1 | Farmer Mack Measures His Pig | Johnston, T | 1 | Measurement, Size |
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The Mysterious Tadpole | Kellogg | Measurement, Size | |
| 1 | Fish Fry Tonight | Koller |
1 | Measurement, Size |
| 1 | Big and Little | Kraus |
1 | Measurement, Size |
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Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw | McMillan | 1 | Measurement, Size |
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The Fattest, Tallest, Biggest Snowman Ever | Rex
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Hello Math Reader | Measurement, Size |
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Block City | Stevenson |
1 | Measurement, Size |
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The Enormous Turnip | Tolstoy |
1 | Measurement, Size |
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What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? | Wells |
1 | Measurement, Size |
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If You Hopped Like a Frog | Schwartz |
1 | Measurement, Size, Ratio |
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The Trouble with Elephants | Riddell |
1 | Measurement, Size, Weight |
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There's No Place Like Space | Rabe |
1 | Measurement, Space, Distance |
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Slower Than A Snail | Schreiber |
Hello Math |
Measurement, Speed, Size |
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Wilma Unlimited | Krull |
1 | Measurement, Time |
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What's Up with That Cup? | Keenan
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Hello Math |
Measurement, Tools |
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Counting on Frank | Clement |
1 | Measurement, Volume |
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Strega Nona | de Paola | 1 | Measurement, Volume |
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The Dragon's Scales | Albee | 1 | Measurement, Weight |
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The 100 Pound Problem | Dussling |
Math Matters | Measurement, Weight |
| 1 | Nature Got There First | Gates |
1 | Measurement, Weight |
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One-Eyed Jake | Hutchins |
Measurement, Weight | |
| 1 | Alley Oop! | Mayer |
1 | Measurement, Weight |
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Just a Little Bit | Tompert |
1 | Measurement, Weight, Balancing |
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Who Sank the Boat? | Allen
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Measurement, Weight, Capacity | |
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Mighty Maddie | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 | |
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The Light Princess | MacDonald |
1 | Measurement, Weight, Mass, Gravity |
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Marvin Measures Up | Browning |
1 | Measurement., Weight |
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More, Fewer, Less | Hoban | 1 | Measuring, Comparing |
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What's Faster than a Speeding Cheetah? | Wells |
#1 | Measuring, Speed, Distance |