Title: Sizing Up Winter
Author: Lizann Flatt
Mathematical Concepts and Language:
- Compare and Order Using Measurement Terms
Questioning:
Before:
- What does sizing up mean?
- How can you find the size of something?
During:
- Many pages have questions that you can use to invite students thinking. This book could be read in sections (2-3 pages each day).
After:
- Winter Walk: How can we use ideas from this book to help us measure?
- Have you measured anything at home with your family?
- Why do we need to measure things?
- How does measuring help us?
Extensions/Provocations (Small Group, Learning Centres, Whole Group, Transitions):
- Outdoors: Measuring using nonstandard materials (e.g., mittens, footsteps, sticks, pinecones)
- Balance Board: using a long board create a balance scale outdoors for measurement and comparison
- Footprints: Looking for footprints outdoors (noticing patterns in prints, size, shape)
- Water Table: Bring snow inside - measuring before and after it melts
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