Mrs. Hankinson's Class: measurement

A couple of weeks ago two of our teachers shared how they observed math groups in action at a nearby school and have had them in action in their classrooms. We decided to give it a try in first grade during our measurement unit!

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are instruction days and Tuesday/Thursday are group days.

Monday's lesson was on ordering various objects by length and Wednesday's lesson was on estimating and measuring objects with nonstandard units.

Group Stations -
1.) seat work - can be leveled or a review activity
2.) center - an activity focusing on the skill being taught (I had a recording page at my centers for accountability)
3.) small group with teacher - the other teachers in my building have leveled groups, but for these lessons, I had the same activity (with a class of 23 with no adult help during math, I know hands-on activities in math are very challenging!)

Tuesday's Groups -

seat work - deciding which is taller or which is smaller

center - sorting pictures by size; recording page was included

small group - sorting various objects and describing using the words tallest and smallest

Thursday's Groups -

seat work - Annie Moffat's addition/subtraction scoops review activity

center - estimating and measuring objects in pictures using nonstandard units

small group - estimating and measuring objects using connecting cubes

I am using my Measure Up: A Measurement Packet for instruction and center activities. Check out last week's post about this unit here and download the preview (with a freebie!) and purchase it here.

Do you use math groups? If so, do you do anything differently? Leave an email address with your comment, as I am giving away one of my measurement packets to a commenter on Saturday morning!

Spring Break has come and gone! The week goes so fast! Today I am linking up for my Five for Friday!

1. Easter Sunday - my sister hosted Easter dinner and we had wonderful family time!

Josh and I together

my husband with our nephews and my cousin's boys

2. I made a new wreath for our front door. Everything was on sale at AC Moore this week!

3. My mom, sister, 1 niece, 2 nephews, and I went to the Transportation Museum in central VA yesterday. My nephews are 3 and 5; this museum encouraged climbing and touching! It was a lot of fun!

with my sister on one of the trains

with my niece and 2 nephews

4. With the extra time off, I have worked on some new projects for school. With time winding down, I have a fair amount still to cover and wanted some new things for them!

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